And since domestic production plus Canada and Mexico pretty much covers all U.S. domestic consumption, a run rate calc on the "reserves" doesn't mean a whole lot.
So that's true for the existing car fleet, but average fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the U.S. fleet has gone up 30% in the last 25 years, (https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/...ansportation_statistics/html/table_04_23.html). That would tend to indicate that the problem is not increased emissions controls but old cars. In truth emissions controls haven't had a huge impact on fuel efficiency since catalytic converters, I mean something like positive crankcase ventilation doesn't impact anything from an efficiency standpoint. The huge exception to this is the diesel emissions standards which have precluded a whole raft of very fuel efficient diesels from being sold in the U.S.
2) Your statement and the number do not make sense to me. There are ~250 millions vehicles in the US are you telling me that each is driven only 2.9 millions/250 millions or 0.01 mi in a year/month? It does not make sense even if the number is per day.I just read it too.
A couple points.
2) I went to the interactive chart and in 2010 people drove 2.9 M miles, in Nov 2016 that number was 3.2M miles. 300,000 mile difference. Divide that by 30 avg mpg.... and you get an extra 10,000 gallons more per year.
3) RRY... you gotta be the grouchiest fucker in the world. U Crack me up.
You could be right. Check out this chart. Maybe I'm seeing something wrong.
I am no economist but just an ex-engineer. Let me run some numbers:
Looked to me like the unit is millions of miles, not mile, per month. Then it makes sense.
