Plantagenet wrote:theluckycountry wrote:The simple fact is as each year goes by people all over the world are driving less and less, most obviously in the US.
Actually, no.
While its true that people in the USA and Europe are driving less, People in China and India and SE Asia and Africa are driving MORE.
Cheers!
And you think that retort is definitive? The population of India is still increasing at a rapid rate plant, so sure, more people might be buying mopeds every year, but that doesn't equate to more miles driven per person as i said now does it. And considering they are almost the most populous nation on the Planet now, what they use as a percentage of Global consumption is basically irrelevant.
March 10, 2023 India: Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, rose by more than 5% to
4.82 million barrels per day (18.5 million tonnes) in February, its 15th consecutive year-on-year rise, data showed.
USA: In 2022, about 134.55 billion gallons (or about 3.20 billion barrels) of finished motor gasoline were consumed in the United States, an average of about 369 million gallons per day
Let me distill it for you.
USA = 370 Million barrels/d
India = 18 Million barrels/d
America uses 20x as much. It would take 20 India's to match the US.
Why do you keep pulling these stupid statements out of your arse every time I post a comment? Keep it up and toss you on the ignore list. I'd rather not, you do add somewhat to the discourse here but these silly cornucopian comments that fly in the face of rational fact are becoming too much. Why don't you do some research before you attack that keyboard of yours?
If you're looking for the reason for increased oil consumption, look elsewhere. You might for example start with the energy inputs to the fracking and tar sands industries. All that sand? All those trucks and trains? As for India, do a search on increased industrial activity there. More industrial product = more transport = more fuel consumption, which btw has nothing to do with miles driven by the average Indian for leisure, which was my point.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/ind ... 023-03-09/https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=23&t=10