Hi All: Just a placeholder until I figure out what I want to do with this. The numbers are not making much sense as it would lead to 1,000 mpg averages over the 11-years in question? I am not including Diesel for the MD and HD vehicles which will help but by 40Xs? U.S. LD Gasoline Consumed (billions of gallons) 2006 - 3.38 2007 - 3.39 2008 - 3.29 2009 - 3.28 2010 - 3.28 2011 - 3.19 2012 - 3.19 2013 - 3.23 2014 - 3.26 2015 - 3.35 2016 - 3.41 2017 - 3.40 U.S. LD, MD and HD Vehicle Miles Traveled (trillions of miles) 2006 - 3.03 2008 - 3.03 2008 - 2.98 2009 - 2.96 2010 - 2.97 2011 - 2.95 2012 - 2.97 2013 - 2.99 2014 - 3.03 2015 - 3.13 2016 - 3.22 2017 - 3.20 Sources: *FHWA and **EIA
Hi Wayne, Are those annual data? I use the EIA website at https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_wpsup_k_4.htm as a source of consumption of petroleum products in the USA. Those are updated weekly. According to the most recent 4-week average, 9,451,000 barrels/day of motor gasoline are being consumed, which would be almost 145 billion gallons/year extrapolated out, assuming 42 gallons/barrel.
Hi Wxman: I was using the EIA for the long term Gasoline consumption breakouts but had to use the FHWA for the VMTs. I think it is the VMTs that are way off the mark too? Wayne
Hi Wayne, Actually, the VMT appear reasonably consistent with EPA data. According to EPA, 3.2 trillion miles were accumulated by passenger cars and pickup trucks in 2015.
Always marveled at the huge amounts of driving Americas do. The 2008 depression (to important people it was only a recession), cut total miles traveled, which has now bounced back & extended. As for me in my young years, work, running, bicycling, hiking & sports cut my total driving down...... "normally into shorter drives". Now that I'm old, retired, & physically breaking down, all I can do is drive, exploring my beautiful state....."normally during longer drives", which have increased my MPG from 30+ to high 30's. I also discovered used tires that greatly decrease my tire costs. Blamo! I've discovered that my yearly mileage now, is ~ 25,000 miles instead of ~17,000 miles. Between my increased MPG, my used tires (which would be in a tire dump, otherwise), & my longer-lived cars, I don't feel as overwhelmed by 25,000 miles per year, as I might have normally felt.
