Gasoline consumption in Oregon and Washington fell to its lowest point in 50 years and is poised to drop even further this year.
Gasoline consumption in Oregon and Washington fell to its lowest point in 50 years and is poised to drop even further this year.
The Seattle-based Sightline Institute found that Oregon residents last year averaged 7.1 gallons per week while Washington residents averaged 7.3 gallons — the lowest per-person levels in 50 years.
The nonprofit group’s early data for 2012 suggests consumption could drop below a gallon per day. In 1978, at the height of the nation’s gasoline frenzy, per-day consumption peaked at a gallon-and-a-half per day.
The drop is attributed largely to a sharp decline in per-capita driving.
Read more at Sustainable Business Oregon.
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