Comments on: Not Many People Blame OPEC for This Summer’s Record Oil Prices http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/oil-prices/not-many-people-blame-opec-for-this-summers-record-oil-prices/ Increase Fuel Economy and Save Money at the Pump Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian Carr http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/oil-prices/not-many-people-blame-opec-for-this-summers-record-oil-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-969 Brian Carr Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:11:44 +0000 http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=202#comment-969 Rob - thanks for catching the error, I have since gone back and fixed it. Thanks for reading! Rob – thanks for catching the error, I have since gone back and fixed it. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Rob http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/oil-prices/not-many-people-blame-opec-for-this-summers-record-oil-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Rob Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:22:13 +0000 http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=202#comment-968 Ummm....no. The U.S. is in fact about 5% of the world's population, however, it doesn't use half the world's oil. The real figure is bad enough - just over 25%. The latest figures I've seen indicate the world consumes something like 82 Mbbl/day (megabarrels per day) of which the U.S. consumes a little over 21 Mbbl/day. I do enjoy your blog though. Ummm….no.

The U.S. is in fact about 5% of the world’s population, however, it doesn’t use half the world’s oil. The real figure is bad enough – just over 25%. The latest figures I’ve seen indicate the world consumes something like 82 Mbbl/day (megabarrels per day) of which the U.S. consumes a little over 21 Mbbl/day.

I do enjoy your blog though.

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