What’s the MPG of your soap?

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Gasoline accounts for only 45% of the oil use in the USA.

Swapping the SUV for a Prius sounds like a good idea, but of the 20 million barrels of oil used each day in the USA, only 9 million go to the production of fuel. See the chart.

The rest is used in a variety of ways. Including asphalt. Which is rising in price. At the same time, state gas tax collections are down because people are driving less. On the other hand, less driving, less wear and tear on the roads.

Well, except for those freeloading electric cars who pay no gas tax but still use the roads the gas tax pays for.