What Country Uses the Most Gas? California

Alexis Madrigal at Wired digs into the stats, and find that the state of California uses more gasoline than any country in the world.

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July 19, 2008, 9:00 AM PDT

By Tim Halbur

"That means California's 20 billion gallon gasoline and diesel habit is greater than China's! (Or Russia's. Or India's. Or Brazil's. Or Germany's.)

That's according to the California Energy Commission's State Alternative Fuels Plan, which was posted online last Christmas Eve (pdf). The whole report makes for some fascinating reading because it's a blueprint for a low-carbon and renewable transportation fuel future. The dominant takeaway: it ain't going to be easy."

FULL STORY: Amazing Stat: California Uses More Gas than China

Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Wired

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