Is gasoline consumption really tanking or, is this just another case of “funny numbers” from the government?
After all, its easy to reach 8.3% unemployment if over 1,000,000 people are dumped from the workforce in one month.
I’m not sure about the data source.
Shedlock is definitely not in the bag for Baraq, he’s a libertarian.
There’s a FReeper named “Thackney” who is an oil industry expert, maybe he’ll see this and chime in.
(s) people have 10,000 friends and they all live in their computer. Who needs to drive?(/s)