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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
And... a note on Japan and a comparison with the US. Pro rata population with the US, Japan would only use 12.6 mill/barrels/day if it's population matched that of the US. It sure makes you wonder how the US manages to squander the difference between 21 mill barrels and 12.6 mill barrels - a difference of 40%.
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Japan is slightly smaller than the state of California and their population density is way higher than the US. It takes a lot of fuel to move goods and people around a landmass the size of the US.
Plus the GDP of the US is almost three times higher than the GDP of Japan. They're not achieving that kind of economic productivity by burning wood.
Besides, the US isn't even the highest consumer of oil per capita - they are the 17th highest - just above Canada. Luxembourg for example consumes almost twice as much oil per capita than the US.