USA Petrol consumption per day [pic]
 

http://www.economist.com/images/ga/2007w27/Petrol.jpg

LOL or not LOL?

Interesting...

Why would they say "Price to fill up a Honda Civic" lol, what kind of statistic is that?

what's wrong with that?

I wonder how much oil is being used only for the US army.

And some people still say Iraq wasn't about the oil. :1orglaugh

Well, this is going to be a fun thread.

We should be way farther down on the "price to fill up a honda" then. That graph puts new meaning to the term buying in bulk, wheres the damn bulk discount?

I think that's true

a lot of people are using diesels in UK now
my mate has a Golf TDI 1.9 and its fast+ hes getting about 45MPG on it

yes, diesel rocks.

Well, for starters, the US is a hell of a lot bigger than most of those countries and we have more people. We also don't have the public transportation infrastructer that Europe does. This is simply because it isnt very practical. Cars are necessary because everything is so spread out.

I wish I could hop on the bus/metro/tram and get everywhere in a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately that will probably never happen.

Russia is on that list, India is on that list and best of all US consumes more
than ALL those countries COMBINED......do you really think the US is THAT BIG??? :helpme

Very interresting chart!

Thanks for quoting the 'most of those countries' part.

So why did you respond to my post?

Its all those Hummers!!!

I think im moving to turkmanstein

Coz the stupidity of others never fails to amaze me :thumbsup

Diesel is made out of oil you know that right?

It should be mandatory that every American live in a foreign country (in Europe / Asia) with decent mass transportation - then they would understand how it would be possible to have this in the US :2 cents:

His post was pretty much on target. The US has a large population that must commute to work due suburban sprawl and lack of a solid public transportation system between those suburban areas and cities.

Funny thing is, most americans don't full up a civic, but another big v6 v8 v12 engine....

I and 3 of my neighbors all have v12 engines. They are LOUD! :thumbsup Sucks gas like a fat 10 year old sucking chocolate milk through a straw inbetween bites of his big mac. :thumbsup

Thats most likely the major factor. Average engine size in the US is probably a 5 litre doing 10 mpg whereas say in Europe its nearer to about 1.8litres doing 30 mpg.

Before anyone asks for a source I made those up to make a point.

yes and all those other countries combined you think have less? Come on now
you possibly can't be THAT stupid now......

5.0 litre is for pussies. Mine is a 12 litre. Thank God for all my stock in Exxon. :thumbsup

Here's my stats:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/en...il-consumption

And I'm sticking by my thoughts on urban sprawl as well as national wealth being reasons the US are pigs at fuel consumption.

And I'm also wondering what your original point is, other than calling people stupid?

Just like 2257 is all about protecting the children, it has nothing at all to do with the presidents religious beliefs

This is GFY there is no other point :winkwink:

I'm living in Paris. I know it's not possible. Most people I know (in Michigan) work 30-40 minutes away from where they live by car and they are all coming from and going in all different directions. There is no way public transportation could support this volume of people efficiently. If they were all going to the same place, sure, but they aren't. Many of us are driving to office buildings in the middle of nowhere. There is no Paris of Michigan.

the rest is here
http://www.energybulletin.net/31067.html

I know that for certain rural areas its really difficult - I am just meaning to give people a perspective - especially people that live in the cities in the US - which is in the hundreds of millions - they need to gain some perspective of the world and how its possible and in fact enjoyable to take public transportation..

North America could certainly use more public transit. Only problem is we live in huge countries where people travel long distances daily just to get to and from work; Europeans live in comparably small countries. Hell we have people who drive distances every day just to get to work that would take them through a few countries a day if they lived in Europe.

Turkmenistan sure has it nice, considering by the chart it would only cost $1 for a tank of gas. Chart seems a "little" off to me.

Great subliminal imagery there in that pic convincing everyone in the US that the price of gas is just fine and cheap compared to all the other countries.

Guess I was wrong. Gas is about 8 cents per gallon there.
LINK

I would own a different Hummer for every day of the week if I lived there. :1orglaugh

A) Russia has HALF the population of the US and everyone is poor.

B) The US is the 3rd most populated country in the world behind China and India.

C) India like Russia had boatloads poor people, but since their economy is growing they and China will be using more oil than us within 20 years. In fact by 2050 they will pass China in population. Considering that country is only the size of Alaska, Texas, California and Montana combined. That's not much room for 1.5 billion people.

A huge problem with A Kansas Plant just shot up our gas prices 25cents over night. 3.30 average here.

hmmm the USA population of 300 mil used more oil than ~2.5 billion people in other countries. hope you guys are putting it to good use over there.

This is also why there's a lot of drunk driving, among college kids especially, because everyone has to take cars to get anywhere. It's pretty much impossible to hold most jobs in the US without a car. That's why I'm in Canada :thumbsup

bingo 2.5 Billion against 300 Million......
Average mileage for a US car is what? 15Mpg
Average mileage for a EU car is what? 60Mpg?

My city has 100K people and public transit wouldn't even work there. It's just too spread out. I can't take a bus anywhere and get more than one thing done. Let alone in a reasonable amount of time. We don't have these downtowns. 100K people and no downtown.

The people in citites in Europe with 100K people aren't much different in terms of who has a means of transportation. They just don't have to use them as much because everything can be done in one area. They all drive to the downtown, but then just park the car and walk. They also only live 5 minutes away from the downtown. I was with friends in their cities (~130K people) and we had to take their cars to the downtown. Once we were there though, we could do everything and just walked.

I can do that too, the only problem is that the closest downtown is 30 minutes away by car on the expressway going 70-80 mph.

The only places that public transit really shines are in major metropolitian areas like Paris. The the rail systems are great as well.

where the fuck is norway in that list? It would blow the roof of those bars!

Well you do realize that Canada does use as much oil per capita as the US. So it's not like they are exactly conserving either.

This plays a large role as well. I'm pretty sure they would be using a hell of a lot more if they could afford it.

no doubt....our country is much larger too so we need to get around even more in our Escalades and Navigators

I'm with Romeo on this one...take a look at a world map and see how big Canada is compared to the US.

just some useless stats..

oil per capita...

#17 United States: 68.838 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
#18 Canada: 68.703 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl

and canada ain't really that much bigger..

1 Russia 17,075,200 km2
2 Canada 9,984,670 km2
3 United States 9,826,630 km2
4 China 9,596,960 km2

wow you are cool!

WTF does that have to do with anything? Incidently they are about the same size.

So your stats say we are 17th in useage per person and Canada uses as much as us. And your point was?