gas usage

Gasoline consumption across the U.S. has steadily declined during the last decade. Analysts have chalked up the drop in gas usage over the last ten years to the rise in more efficient technologies, better public transportation, the stalled economy and steadily increasing gas prices. While most of ...

The Economist created this startling image for its website earlier this month. The "yipes" in my headline is about that bar all the way to the left, the all-U.S. bar. It's no secret we use a lot of gasoline here in the U.S., but seeing it laid out like this just twists my gut in all sorts of weird ...