The Ray Sphere was a device used by transferring the neuro-electric energy from a group of people to concentrate it into a human indevidual to unlock his/her powers. Though it will unlock the dormant abilities of the Conduit, it will kill the catalysts, and worse, cause a catastrophic explosion.
How many gallons of gas does the average mid-size car hold? The average fuel tank size for mid-size cars is 16 gallons. If the  price of gas was $3.59 per gallon, it would cost $57.44 to fill a  16 gallon tank.
For cars, the latest (2008) data point is 3501 BTU / passenger-mile, or 0.028 gallons per passenger-mile, which equals 35.7 pmpg (BTS assumes 1.58 passengers on average, so this equates to 22.6 mpg). Using the same BTS data, average pmpg for light trucks is 31.4, and for motorcycles is 71.76.