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Addicted to oil: US gasoline consumption is higher than ever

  • Written by Lucas Davis, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
imageGas is cheap and Americans are back on in their cars and trucks.viriyincy/flickr, CC BY-SA

August was the biggest month ever for U.S. gasoline consumption. Americans used a staggering 9.7 million barrels per day. That’s more than a gallon per day for every U.S. man, woman and child.

The new peak comes as a surprise to many. In 2012, energy...

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