[MulberryDraw]

It’s hard to imagine a recovery where gas and oil usage are plunging.

[stickywillie]

when does the law of supply & demand kick in?.....storage facilities have to be drowning in oil

[EGPWS]

It’s hard to imagine a recovery where gas and oil usage are plunging.

It's impossible, you know it, I know it, and the American people know it!

[kabar]

It’s hard to imagine a recovery where gas and oil usage are plunging.

Exactly right. When Obama took office the gas price was $1.80 a gallon. We have added 33 million people to our population since 2000. The higher cost of gas reflects a down economy. Just look at the graph and see how gas usage surged during the 1990s. People are not driving as much period. The precipitous decline begins with the recession that started in 2008. The reality is that we are still in it. Take a look at the graph for food stamps to demonstrate how bad things really are.

[Joe Boucher]

Cause the country is all using obammy’s alternative fuel, algae.

[FreeAtlanta]

Decreased usage seems to show the lie in the press and Obama's the economy is improving mantra.

Gas prices are still going up, even with decreased usage, because

• Gas executives are either making the same mistake that big taxing Democrats make that by raising prices or taxes, they can increase or maintain revenue while usage (or, taxable incomes) drop, or
• they are tired of Obama and the destructive democrats and are raising prices to help drive him out in the fall. It might be a combination of both or neither.