This week’s facts come from a March 2012 infographic (seen below) produced by NPR with data from the Energy Information Administration:
- Americans consume 300 million gallons of gasoline every day
- Average price for a gallon of gas in the US since 1980: $2.30*
- Record high price for a gallon of gas (in the US): $4.21, July 2008*
- Federal taxes account for 18.4 cents (and state taxes 22.68 cents on average) for each gallon of gasoline
- The United States consumes 42.2% of the world’s gasoline
- Bonus fact: 0 refineries have been built and more than 100 shut down since 1976**
* Adjusted for inflation to 2012 dollars
** The location of the refiners is not stated
Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
