Comments on: Gas Prices Continue to Climb, Little Relief in Sight

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:49:01 +0000

Can u please quit? Nagging about gas prices.. I come from Scandinavia and there gas isn’t cheap.. so come back when it costs about: 5$!!!!

By: 135 pássaros extintos + at Quinta do Sargaçal

135 pássaros extintos + at Quinta do Sargaçal — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:20:29 +0000

[...] EUA batem recorde de consumo de combustível Para o mês de Abril, a primeira semana. O Reino Unido também bateu o seu próprio recorde de emissões, assim como os EUA o fazem a cada ano que passa. E não nos esqueçamos da China e da Índia. [...]

By: ValkRaider

ValkRaider — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:21:01 +0000

Population has increased as well.

Needs to be adjusted for population growth.

Current population growth rate according to CIA factbook is around 0.91 % annually. The numbers stated in the article claim that the previous record was 2004, at 9.338 million barrels. This year, 2007 the record was broken at 9.472 million barrels.

That means that in three years the consumption increased about 0.98 percent. Divide that by three and you have gasoline consumption increasing at about 1/3 the rate of population – or in other words we are consuming less per person now than we were in 2004 – despite the fact that the gross usage increased.

(of course these are all “back of the napkin” calculations – or as I like to call them, “google statistics”).

By: coRank

coRank — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:32:41 +0000

American Gas Consumption Sets Record for April

Americans guzzled 9.472 million barrels of gasoline per day last week, setting a new record for April, despite our conostant complaining over gas prices. Looks like we’re running our cars just as much as our mouths.