Gas Prices

How Our Gas is Used
As Americans, we are accustomed to the mobility that comes with owning a car. Gasoline helps power the American dream, giving us the freedom to travel where we want and when we want, for work, school, and for recreation. A steady supply of affordable clean-burning gasoline is central to our economic well-being and our way of life. Gasoline is as important as electricity for lighting, milk in the refrigerator or natural gas or heating oil for warmth in winter. Oil provides about forty percent of the energy Americans consume and ninety-seven percent of our transportat…