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Gas usage worldwide grows 2.5% in 2008

Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper -- The global gas and coal consumption grew last year while oil usage fell in 2008, BP said in its statistical review...released in Doha yesterday [that] gas consumption grew by 2.5%, below the 10-year average.
Consumption in the US grew by 0.6% as spot prices remained well below oil prices. Elsewhere, only the Middle East saw above-average growth, driven by strong domestic demand. [snip]
The largest incremental growth in world gas demand was from China, where consumption rose 15.8%. [snip]
Globally, gas production rose 3.8%, above the 10-year trend of 3%.
This was driven strongly by the US, which recorded its highest ever annual increase in gas production as strong activity in the development of unconventional gas resources raised output by 7.5%–-10 times the 10-year average growth rate.

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Submitted Jul 05, 2009 By: chumpo

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:8,236 Points:462,130 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2009 6:03:02 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse lying with statistics.. a fun thing to do :)
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:8,236 Points:462,130 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 10:13:30 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse zippy: you're right.. one says this, another says something else.
zippy452 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:3,280 Points:660,735 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 8:00:35 AM Ignore zippy452 Report Abuse Blah Blah Blah...other reports I have read say consumption has contracted.
kelsielee Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,624 Points:502,945 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 7:45:59 AM Ignore kelsielee Report Abuse So many statistics - some of which seem to contradict each other - that they make the article very confusing and of very little value.
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:3,085 Points:503,910 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 2:49:39 AM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse It must be a modern-day miracle to increase world gasoline consumption without also increasing world oil consumption. Perhaps someone has created synthetic gasoline w/o letting us all know? Twisted factoids!
twomikea Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:1,891 Points:428,360 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 2:47:45 AM Ignore twomikea Report Abuse slowdown in use compared to avg. is good
72_Monte Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,952 Points:858,105 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2009 1:14:28 AM Ignore 72_Monte Report Abuse Coming from a supplier-nation's "news", I don't buy it.
NedW Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:2,320 Points:504,425 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 11:05:01 PM Ignore NedW Report Abuse We need to bring industry back here, and, get back to a free enterprise economy. Lower taxes and regulation, and, raise tariffs, too. Otherwise, this recession will only get worse.
bosrs All-Star Author Seattle Posts:863 Points:308,260 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:59:14 PM Ignore bosrs Report Abuse gas as gasoline? or nature gas?
bguz Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:78 Points:47,955 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:52:39 PM Ignore bguz Report Abuse It'll never go down
Muke Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:2,624 Points:670,730 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:51:33 PM Ignore Muke Report Abuse If they keep oil prices higher then people will find alternate energy source. Greedy oil producers will eventually will be defeated by consumers.
tidbitKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:1,455 Points:284,845 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:50:34 PM Ignore tidbitKY Report Abuse Conserve, conserve, conserve.
NavyStore Champion Author Seattle Posts:1,893 Points:1,021,815 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:48:25 PM Ignore NavyStore Report Abuse Agreed. We need to get off oil and that will fix soooo many problems.
mike911 Champion Author Detroit Posts:3,108 Points:1,052,615 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:47:00 PM Ignore mike911 Report Abuse Who do you believe?
abcdMA Champion Author Worcester Posts:2,293 Points:455,295 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:40:43 PM Ignore abcdMA Report Abuse keep demand down
must87searcher Champion Author Maryland Posts:3,321 Points:643,700 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:40:27 PM Ignore must87searcher Report Abuse It is a time of change, and these changes really needed and are going to to occure today!
Eichhornchen Champion Author Detroit Posts:1,917 Points:374,700 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:39:33 PM Ignore Eichhornchen Report Abuse The other article says that China is poised to lead the US in clean energy and then you compare those two growth numbers. Funny
snewwee Champion Author Detroit Posts:4,203 Points:859,505 Joined:Sep 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:39:02 PM Ignore snewwee Report Abuse Not in my back yard.
moody4u Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:2,178 Points:417,070 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:36:27 PM Ignore moody4u Report Abuse yeah
PissedCanuck Champion Author Toronto Posts:3,160 Points:684,550 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:35:27 PM Ignore PissedCanuck Report Abuse So what happened to all that oil that were hidden in those unused oil tankers? The Speculators drank it all? [Edited by: PissedCanuck at 7/5/2009 10:35:50 PM EST]
flyfast Champion Author Kansas City Posts:3,673 Points:714,965 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:33:47 PM Ignore flyfast Report Abuse it's down when the price of oil go's down then they say usage gos up to get price back up
jeromehasbargen Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,655 Points:329,905 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:32:46 PM Ignore jeromehasbargen Report Abuse Someone is still getting rich no mater what the price is and how much or little gas we use. [Edited by: jeromehasbargen at 7/5/2009 10:33:50 PM EST]
coyoteAB Champion Author Alberta Posts:1,353 Points:90,275 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:28:25 PM Ignore coyoteAB Report Abuse Keep stealing from us, we are not all on our knees yet.
Jojavo All-Star Author London Posts:593 Points:121,465 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:26:08 PM Ignore Jojavo Report Abuse Supply outweighs demand but gas prices still high..??? Why?
SWAPCAR1 Rookie Author New Jersey Posts:84 Points:704,455 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:24:31 PM Ignore SWAPCAR1 Report Abuse Anything at all to raise crude oil prices.
pgerassi Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:5,044 Points:1,008,675 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:22:12 PM Ignore pgerassi Report Abuse Yes those statistics are look to be an overly rosy view. Its curious how demand at retail fell in the US in units, but was not reflected in those statistics.
Dancin Champion Author Toronto Posts:3,774 Points:1,644,255 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:14:58 PM Ignore Dancin Report Abuse Suspect statistics.
carlsonguitars Champion Author Portland Posts:3,524 Points:566,540 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:14:29 PM Ignore carlsonguitars Report Abuse Because of China and India, we are seeing INCREASED gas consumption on a WORLDWIDE basis, except in the USA we have lowered our gas use- which is odd being that our population has grown in the past few years!!!
souther_pride Rookie Author Arkansas Posts:93 Points:363,835 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:13:21 PM Ignore souther_pride Report Abuse sounds like just another excuse to rise prices
TheSnowstorm Champion Author Montreal Posts:3,714 Points:857,855 Joined:June 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:11:06 PM Ignore TheSnowstorm Report Abuse More meaningless statistics. They can take any data and make it prove whatever they want, using the power of stats.
TXGasPriceSpy Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:1,855 Points:340,170 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:10:49 PM Ignore TXGasPriceSpy Report Abuse I still remember those gas prices in 2008. OPEC, speculators and big oil companies made BIG money last year didn't they? Just ask Exxon and others.
smwhite Champion Author Indiana Posts:3,985 Points:925,825 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:07:39 PM Ignore smwhite Report Abuse I agree, MTPokts.
Voltus Champion Author Miami Posts:2,070 Points:483,805 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:06:32 PM Ignore Voltus Report Abuse funny, the rest of the world always point the finger at USA, but China and India are by far the worst polluters in the world. We just use it more efficiently.
MTPokts All-Star Author Indianapolis Posts:694 Points:207,240 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:03:49 PM Ignore MTPokts Report Abuse Have these people been on holiday for the past 7 months? Why are they now reporting 2008 useage? I suspect they're trying to drive up crude prices with this kind of "reporting".
trainjunkie47 Champion Author Detroit Posts:9,059 Points:1,310,420 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:01:05 PM Ignore trainjunkie47 Report Abuse This is one huge reason why the Kyoto Protocol and the Waxman-Markey (Clean Air and Energy Securities Act) are total jokes. We have alot of democrats and a handful of republicans who want to hamstring our economy for a generation when it will do nothing to curb pollution levels.
TFowler513 Champion Author Memphis Posts:1,630 Points:437,340 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 10:00:53 PM Ignore TFowler513 Report Abuse Just another reason to quickly move to free alternative energy resources such as solar, wind and hydro!!!
billy44bo Champion Author Mobile Posts:2,572 Points:479,795 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:56:58 PM Ignore billy44bo Report Abuse with almost 10% of the people with out jobs consumption will be way down for some time. Hope those that made gas go up 60% this last year go broke.
redcurls1 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,655 Points:1,881,600 Joined:Jan 2003	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:47:17 PM Ignore redcurls1 Report Abuse My consumption is way down.
revON Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,151 Points:603,815 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:45:37 PM Ignore revON Report Abuse I consumption is down.I friend consumption down.
DEG Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:11,992 Points:2,382,895 Joined:Jul 2003	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:43:19 PM Ignore DEG Report Abuse In 2009 usage will most likely moderate.
9C1 Champion Author Chicago Posts:16,785 Points:3,110,445 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:42:41 PM Ignore 9C1 Report Abuse Let's see: USA useage grew 0.6%, but China gres 15.8%. There is a message there.
micpie Veteran Author Oregon Posts:465 Points:116,965 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:41:57 PM Ignore micpie Report Abuse It's summertime. Fuel usage always goes up.
Buck_on_Bass Champion Author Tennessee Posts:1,977 Points:446,940 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:41:18 PM Ignore Buck_on_Bass Report Abuse As the recession ends, consumption will rise. The questions is whether the oil producers will meed the demand.
cathevan Champion Author Manitoba Posts:1,927 Points:477,070 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:34:20 PM Ignore cathevan Report Abuse sure people are still using lots of gas - i've seen no slow down
able2ru All-Star Author Little Rock Posts:859 Points:294,190 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:33:55 PM Ignore able2ru Report Abuse Very confusing article. They say consumption in 2008 rose when we were being robbed blind by the oil industry?!? I think consumption declined. Maybe they are talking about Money. If so, the percentage increases are too low for the rise in price that occurred. But we absolutely have to have an alternative fuel in place before China really starts using oil. A billion new drivers would run oil prices out of the solar system.
FuelBarge Champion Author Long Island Posts:3,295 Points:929,790 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:33:06 PM Ignore FuelBarge Report Abuse I am curious if they are referring to Natural Gas or Gasoline. I would believe this applies to Natural Gas.
DellMan Champion Author Omaha Posts:1,877 Points:434,925 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:32:54 PM Ignore DellMan Report Abuse They must be talking about Natural Gas since this is what Qatar produces. This is what turned them into a major country. Before the found these sources they were closer to a third world country. We already know gasoline consumption went down last year due to gas hitting $4. You are right it is a poorly written Obama press release... I mean article.
sillywagon Champion Author New York Posts:4,495 Points:426,430 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:26:22 PM Ignore sillywagon Report Abuse They are writing about gasoline and coal, but it is confusing and makes it seem they could be writing about natural gas. Badly written article... I mean press release.
TomT2Lee Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:3,186 Points:1,028,910 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:26:09 PM Ignore TomT2Lee Report Abuse And yet, people want to stick their heads in the sand and believe the lies that production will always exceed production.
camel1 Champion Author Minnesota Posts:3,115 Points:1,178,170 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:21:53 PM Ignore camel1 Report Abuse Is this natural gas as opposed to gasoline?