[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', ' ') Single occupant "happy motoring" should and most likely will end. Car pooling to work will become economically mandatory and many will move their households to within walking distance of their jobs. Walking to work will improve the obesity rate and reduce healthcare costs.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'I') doubt that anyone in China is making better use of a gallon of fuel then a farmer in Iowa is.

[ROCKMAN]

"Car pooling to work will become economically mandatory ". Way too much emphasis on the percentage of fuel used for commuting to work. Houston has a lot of folks on the road at rush hour. We also have a piss poor public transportation system. But that pales in comparison to the traffic on the roads the other 20 hours of the day. And virtually none of those folks are traveling from the same daily origin to their destination. I can only make a WAG but I doubt much more then 10% of motor fuel used here is consumed by commuting workers.

[ROCKMAN]

According to the EIA US gasoline consumption peaked in 2007 and decreased 5.9% through 2013. So a bit of a pull back over THE LAST 6 YEARS. But considering the great majority of US oil consumption is via motor fuels not as big a drop in consumption as one might expect.