There's a relevant line from the book "Generation X" about gasoline: "Isn't the smell of gasoline great? Close your eyes and inhale. So clean. It smells like th

There's a relevant line from the book "Generation X" about gasoline: "Isn't the smell of gasoline great? Close your eyes and inhale. So clean. It smells like the future." (The 1991 book "Generation X" is what popularized the term "Generation X", for those who didn't know there was a book.)