The news isn't all good, however. Northwesterners' gasoline use is still nearly twice as high as the global average for high-income nations. And population growth has almost exactly offset the decline in per capita gas consumption - meaning that total gasoline consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions in the region have remained roughly flat since 1999.
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Northwesterners Turn Down Gas
A gasoline consumption per capita was decreased by 11 percent amid residents of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from 1999 to 2007, or nearly a gallon a week on average
A gasoline consumption per capita was decreased by 11 percent amid residents of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from 1999 to 2007, or nearly a gallon a week on average.
A decline in weekly gas sales in the Northwest states makes up 8.7 gallons per person to 7.8 gallons.
Williams-Derry attributed the decline to several factors, including more efficient vehicles, driving a bit less, and using transit more often. Transit ridership is at an all-time high in greater Portland and greater Seattle, and at the highest level nationally in 50 years.
The news isn't all good, however. Northwesterners' gasoline use is still nearly twice as high as the global average for high-income nations. And population growth has almost exactly offset the decline in per capita gas consumption - meaning that total gasoline consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions in the region have remained roughly flat since 1999.
The news isn't all good, however. Northwesterners' gasoline use is still nearly twice as high as the global average for high-income nations. And population growth has almost exactly offset the decline in per capita gas consumption - meaning that total gasoline consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions in the region have remained roughly flat since 1999.
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