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A big flaming stink
Apr 26, 2010
How much of demand for oil is consumer/car based, and how much is industry based?

Because if the former dominates demand, I can see it taking 5+ years to shake off habits accrued during the "gas is 3-4$ a gallon era" and that is going to have quite the impact.

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A big flaming stink
Apr 26, 2010

computer parts posted:

Here's the numbers I'm seeing:

(A barrel makes 45 gallons of petroleum products)



So it depends what you mean by "industry" exactly but the vast majority is gasoline & diesel.

I'm just thinking that people have become alot more conscious about behaving in ways that reduce the amount of gas they consume (carpooling, living closer to work, keeping tires inflated, better mileage in cars) and these habits are unlikely to disappear. Have analogous habits popped up amongst industrial consumers of gasoline (truckers, shippers etc) as well?

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