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A Picture is Worth… Gasoline Consumption Per Day

Wednesday, 30 April, 2008
By Simon Leufstedt

In light of the Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday proposal I think this statistic (shown after the jump) from the Economist and BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005 should be highlighted.

The image shows gasoline consumption per day around the world. It shows that the USA is consuming more gasoline than 20 other countries do together, every day.

If there is anyone that should get tax cuts it’s the people who buy small and fuel-efficient vehicles. Or even better, the people who use public transportation instead.

Gasoline Consumption Per Day

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Simon Leufstedt is the editor of Green Blog. Simon has previously studied Global Environmental Justice and is currently studying Human Ecology and Political Science at Lund University in Sweden. Simon is also blogging over at the Swedish 350 website and working with the Swedish TckTckTck organisation. You can follow Simon on Twitter and on Google+.
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http://www.green-blog.org Simon Leufstedt

The above link “Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea” doesn’t work anymore. The new, and working, link is: http://www.reuters.com/article/…/
http://energy8888.blogspot.com DJ Chang

Time to stop the blame shifting – by country, by political party, by interested group.

USA consumption leads the global problem.
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