[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Micki', 'T')hat top first page chart compared US with 20 other nations, not the rest of the world. (Seemed from the post as if this was missed.)

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Micki', 'T')hat top first page chart compared US with 20 other nations, not the rest of the world. (Seemed from the post as if this was missed.)

[TheDude]

We import ca. 1.2 mboe/d of gasoline:



Thus the discrepancy between the figures for oil and gasoline usage. We use around 338 million gallons/day, thus 123.37 billion gallons/year. Contrast that with 4.5 billion gallons ethanol production/year.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'W')e import ca. 1.2 mboe/d of gasoline:



Thus the discrepancy between the figures for oil and gasoline usage. We use around 338 million gallons/day, thus 123.37 billion gallons/year. Contrast that with 4.5 billion gallons ethanol production/year.

[Dont_Panic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mlit', 'I')'m not sure its really acurate as we use about a quarter of the worlds oil but this chart make is look like we consume more than half. I'm not sure what all they are using to come up with this

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', 'A')nd.. the US has 5 percent of the world's population, but every day consumes 40% of the world's gasoline.

[SoylentGreen]

The refining process that Americans use also maximize Gasoline per barrel of Oil. The American process yields almost 50% gasoline per barrel.

[Stealth]

It would be interesting to have some graph that shows world Diesel consumption per country. Europe for example has much more cars powered by Diesel than the US, so Europe might use less gasoline but make up for it with higher usage of Diesel.

[VMarcHart]

I'm sure that graph was right.

I'd be interesting to see the US citizen/resident daily gasoline consumption versus other countries' citizens/residents.

How and where do I start a thread asking what's your monthly gasoline consumption? Thanks!

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SoylentGreen', 'T')he refining process that Americans use also maximize Gasoline per barrel of Oil. The American process yields almost 50% gasoline per barrel.

[Revi]

Cars in the EU mostly burn diesel. They are a lot more efficient than the tanks we drive, but the EU uses a lot more diesel. So does the rest of the world. That's why diesel is more expensive than gasoline. We are using the gasoline, they the diesel. I heard that sour crude doesn't make as much diesel. Is that true?

We can't possibly continue the way we drive. As I drive I look to see which cars will be on the road in 5 years. Most of them won't. But that may be okay, because the smaller cars usually have 5 seats in them and they can be transporting all the solo drivers we see now after their avalances and Z-71's are all taken to the scrap yard.

[Electric_Economy_2025]

The U.S. government, as a whole, consumes not quite 2% of all the liquid fuel that the entire U.S. economy uses in a given year. That translates into about 440,000 barrels of oil per day, or slightly more than the entire output of the oil field at Prudhoe Bay, when the pipelines are not shut down due to corrosion. Multiply by 365 days per year, and the U.S. government burns up about 160 million barrels of oil per year, at a cost of something over $10 billion at recent price levels.

[ekaggata]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'C')ars in the EU mostly burn diesel.

[nocar]

Gasoline is just one of many oil products. In many poor countries, I believe kerosene (Sp?) is widely used for cooking. Also some countries use oil for electricity generation. I am quite sure Russia and neighbouring countries heat their homes with oil in their brutal winters. Also perhaps Japan does that - although their winters are less brutal, there are many Japanese.

And how about all the plastic stuff and synthetic materials for clothes that is used for export goods in the 'emerging economies'?

Surely pointing out the great American gasoline use also points out the car-centered American lifestyle.

nocar

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nocar', 'I')n many poor countries, I believe kerosene (Sp?) is widely used for cooking.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('VMarcHart', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nocar', 'I')n many poor countries, I believe kerosene (Sp?) is widely used for cooking.

[nocar]

VMarch, about kerosene cooking, I just remember reading a booklet from Worldwatch Institute years ago how many countries, particularly in Asia, subsidize kerosene for cooking to help the poor. Usually it turns out to help the middle class more. The poorest use wood or perhaps cow dung.

About 50 years ago, when many Swedes had summer cottages without electricity, kerosene stoves were common here. So I have some first hand experience that they really work quite well.

On a side note, kerosene was used for hurricane lamps (Aladdin lamps?) and for cooking stoves before the age of cars. As I have the story, gasoline was a biproduct when making kerosene from crude, so gasoline cars made the oil companies very happy. Now they could sell the stuff. Does anybody know if that is true?

nocar