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Economic troubles show in oil demand statistics

GasBuddy Blog -- So how much impact did the recession make on oil demand? Looking at the figures, the recession that began in late 2008 easily dwarfed the economic slowdown after September 11, 2001. In fact, I had to go back to 1999 to find the last month that saw lower demand numbers than what we saw at the start of the 2008 recession, and demand still has not recovered.

September 2008 is when banks went into crisis, Wall Street panicked, and the recession really began. Oil demand (and thus supply) plummeted in September 2008, dropping to 535.16 million barrels, a number not seen since February 1999. It's important to note that February is routinely a month of poor demand, so if we exclude that month, one must go back to July 1995 to see a comparable...

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Submitted Mar 11, 2010 By: PD

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:10,767 Points:631,400 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 9:58:49 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse now, if we would only go back to the low demand we had in August 2008 when the prices artificially gouged people... oh, wait, that's a pipe dream, ain't it?
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:10,767 Points:631,400 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 9:57:53 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse cathevan: you are so right.
1006 Veteran Author Birmingham Posts:300 Points:613,110 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 8:13:55 PM Ignore 1006 Report Abuse yea, not sure of the point here.
julius1st4 Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,723 Points:812,265 Joined:Jul 2003	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 3:03:33 PM Ignore julius1st4 Report Abuse SO; just what are you trying to say???
djgunrunner Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,814 Points:1,383,690 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:41:01 PM Ignore djgunrunner Report Abuse The people have forgotten what is was like to buy gas or food. We shall be reminded of it shortly.
ReadyWriter Sophomore Author Columbus Posts:236 Points:12,755 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:38:51 PM Ignore ReadyWriter Report Abuse They're only going to help weaken the economy again by playing the greed game just because it shows a little spark of life coming back. We need to get the ones who create all this chaos slapped with taxes or penalties or something to DISCOURAGE them instead of giving them so many breaks and letting them make us slip and slide in the high oil price market.
outlaw329 Champion Author Austin Posts:2,791 Points:462,145 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:38:26 PM Ignore outlaw329 Report Abuse filcut, know how you feel.
Tamas2evil Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:4,420 Points:783,975 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:36:32 PM Ignore Tamas2evil Report Abuse and this is the reason we have higher gas prices... Surprise!
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:8,080 Points:911,685 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:34:03 PM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse up down al around; where they stop nobody knows. the magical federal government keeps us all guessing.
Blackice Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,191 Points:806,240 Joined:Oct 2003	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:31:33 PM Ignore Blackice Report Abuse The dollar is down today $0.44 and oil is down $0.97 at this time.
filcut Veteran Author Anchorage Posts:460 Points:594,405 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:29:09 PM Ignore filcut Report Abuse Out of work so nowhere to go = less gas bought, duh!!
Hugo40 Champion Author Kentucky Posts:2,743 Points:651,010 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:28:01 PM Ignore Hugo40 Report Abuse Prices at the pump do not seem to fall with the economy.
diatzikis All-Star Author Raleigh Posts:718 Points:196,105 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:25:58 PM Ignore diatzikis Report Abuse And today I paying 3:00 per gal?
ricker8 Champion Author Ontario Posts:2,327 Points:473,560 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:24:49 PM Ignore ricker8 Report Abuse economics doesn't fit into their way pf price setting
justinoles All-Star Author Orlando Posts:866 Points:179,080 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:20:38 PM Ignore justinoles Report Abuse to bad normal economics don't apply to oil
Sealer Champion Author Charleston Posts:5,653 Points:837,800 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:14:34 PM Ignore Sealer Report Abuse Price is determined by global supply and demand. Demand didn't drop as much in growing areas like Asia.
Dipstick1 Champion Author Amarillo Posts:5,125 Points:1,474,865 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:13:34 PM Ignore Dipstick1 Report Abuse Not nearly enough...that's how much.
ladyaglow Veteran Author Atlanta Posts:296 Points:157,015 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:13:31 PM Ignore ladyaglow Report Abuse Come on! Drill baby drill.
goldilox88 Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,253 Points:624,580 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:09:52 PM Ignore goldilox88 Report Abuse Everything seems to fuel higher prices.
danny999 Champion Author Florida Posts:3,696 Points:661,135 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:06:50 PM Ignore danny999 Report Abuse IT'S SURE GETTING MANIPULATED THOUGH.
Buck_on_Bass Champion Author Tennessee Posts:2,801 Points:599,880 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:05:47 PM Ignore Buck_on_Bass Report Abuse After September 11, 2001, we have nearly a week with no commercial or private aircraft flying. Grounding so many airplanes contributed to a big drop in aviation fuel. This time we had the aircraft flying so the drop in gasoline sales must have been much larger. While there are technical signs the recessions may have ended, we still are lacking the employment growth to put people back to work.
bozo All-Star Author Boston Posts:944 Points:1,331,835 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:04:25 PM Ignore bozo Report Abuse SVmike has it right.
rimpyCA Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,550 Points:325,325 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:03:44 PM Ignore rimpyCA Report Abuse gas mafia is minting money from us
hblee Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,796 Points:602,035 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:03:15 PM Ignore hblee Report Abuse Conservation and alternative energy is what we should all be doing.
SVmike All-Star Author California Posts:564 Points:125,435 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 2:00:54 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse rfe330: "Keep alternative energy out of the hands of the oil companies or don't bother developing alternative energy. " This makes no sense to me. It makes good sense for large profitable companies to invest that money in finding new, profitable energy sources. They have a large stable income source (from oil and NG) and can use it, on perhaps risky ventures. Do you really think everything is a conspiracy? The idea that some lone inventor will toil away in his/her basement and suddenly discover some big new clean alternative energy source that will change the world only happens in the movies -- written, by the way, by people who generally have near zero expertise in physics and engineering.
Bleeder Champion Author Virginia Posts:3,921 Points:816,755 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:59:25 PM Ignore Bleeder Report Abuse No surprise that there is a link between demand and the recession.
fedex09 All-Star Author Missouri Posts:605 Points:656,035 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:57:03 PM Ignore fedex09 Report Abuse According to our government we are just all seeing better times. Where I live you cant buy a job.
guacamaya66 Rookie Author Nevada Posts:20 Points:136,575 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:55:47 PM Ignore guacamaya66 Report Abuse Gas is up beacause of the especulation. Do not pay more for gas! Shopping around!
silvolvo Sophomore Author Twin Cities Posts:244 Points:579,595 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:55:32 PM Ignore silvolvo Report Abuse Agree with BYOFDAD!
truckguy115 All-Star Author Orange County Posts:855 Points:141,870 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:54:53 PM Ignore truckguy115 Report Abuse another article by PD states otherwise that we Americans set the price of gasoline so what is this all about. either way we get screwed and the jobs will disappear when fuel prices increase again.
hwmillerster Champion Author Missouri Posts:1,853 Points:498,190 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:52:45 PM Ignore hwmillerster Report Abuse It doesn't make much difference if you can afford a tank of relatively inexpensive gas because you are living off unemployment or you can't afford high priced gas living off a paycheck.
SUPERQUACK Champion Author Sacramento Posts:1,467 Points:986,025 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:50:09 PM Ignore SUPERQUACK Report Abuse IF DEMAND IS DOWN , WHY IS THE PRICE OF OIL AND GAS UP ?
esorsd Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,082 Points:691,825 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:50:01 PM Ignore esorsd Report Abuse Supply and Demand in action.
investmentdr All-Star Author Cleveland Posts:521 Points:529,865 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:48:27 PM Ignore investmentdr Report Abuse duh
bbreff Champion Author Atlanta Posts:5,174 Points:1,639,120 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:44:34 PM Ignore bbreff Report Abuse They can be made to look like abnything desired. BLAH
Wolfwings Champion Author Delaware Posts:3,927 Points:818,555 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:44:20 PM Ignore Wolfwings Report Abuse I'm not sure I agree with this. SUPPLY is what the provider will ALLOW to be sold. The AVAILABILITY to provide the oil is controlled by the Oil Barrons, wheather they be called OPEC or EXXON or WHOLESALER. The DEMAND is WE CONSUMERS make it. If we REFUSE to buy, demand goes down, followed shortly by PRICES, since oil products have a LIMITED shelf life, and, like fresh produce, will go bad and haVE no value TO THE DEMANDERS. WE set prices, NOT Tthe supply side.
walkit1 Champion Author Memphis Posts:1,254 Points:719,650 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:28:40 PM Ignore walkit1 Report Abuse The recession started in Dec. of 2007 and we knew about it fully by the fall of 2008. We must plan trips and conserve as much as we can.
TJC47 Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:2,377 Points:569,225 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:22:34 PM Ignore TJC47 Report Abuse Not surprising !
ebowMA Veteran Author Boston Posts:316 Points:393,495 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:21:26 PM Ignore ebowMA Report Abuse You need to look at worldwide demand, and other places that people would invest instead of oil, to really figure out how supply and demand work here.
byoftDad Champion Author Columbus Posts:2,045 Points:754,970 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:20:06 PM Ignore byoftDad Report Abuse The principle of "Supply & Demand" does not apply to the pricing of oil. This is an animal that is controlled by the greed of speculators & oil industry executives.
rfe330 All-Star Author Winston-Salem Posts:700 Points:229,275 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:19:47 PM Ignore rfe330 Report Abuse Keep alternative energy out of the hands of the oil companies or don't bother developing alternative energy.
unicornpmb Champion Author Buffalo Posts:3,527 Points:651,200 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:19:15 PM Ignore unicornpmb Report Abuse I'm starting to wonder if what we do as consumers really matters anymore.
CatMan623 Champion Author Houston Posts:8,592 Points:1,381,825 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:18:30 PM Ignore CatMan623 Report Abuse Thanks for the info. One comment, though.....don't try to use real data. It doesn't get past the "greed" filters.
POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:6,320 Points:719,320 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:18:23 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse is it or isn't it? was it or is it? we have so many federal bean counters, and they all come up with different totals; different meanings;/ who do you trust? I trust the signs I see at gas stations; and gasbudy helps with that.
TTM77 Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,378 Points:838,235 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:18:18 PM Ignore TTM77 Report Abuse I just got lay off.. yes I will drive less.
Tekkie Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:2,292 Points:507,810 Joined:Oct 2003	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 1:15:34 PM Ignore Tekkie Report Abuse More greed
Jarod13 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,885 Points:639,475 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 12:55:52 PM Ignore Jarod13 Report Abuse sailormon -- yes indeed, that the oil-producing nations, oil companies and refineries, along with the speculators, all seem to believe that the economy is starting to rebound and that we consumers should be the ones that line their pockets with humongous profits. The bottom line is, that if we want lower oil prices, we need to do two things, conserve and drill in order to reduce our consumption while at the same time increasing the amount of oil our nation produces. We also need to develop alternative energy sources to meet our every growing and insatiable need for oil and oil-based products.
sailormon Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,939 Points:475,875 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 12:33:31 PM Ignore sailormon Report Abuse "While we won't see 2010 demand rise to impressive numbers, the market and economy apparently believe we will, even betting on it by buying contracts today in hope of selling down the road at a higher price." There you go...They are betting at your expense!!
Robert44 Champion Author Columbus Posts:2,835 Points:752,000 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 12:26:54 PM Ignore Robert44 Report Abuse So it does matter what we do prices continue to go up!!
raleightom All-Star Author Raleigh Posts:765 Points:215,710 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 12:22:20 PM Ignore raleightom Report Abuse Seems obvious to me. Our newer automobiles are getting better mileage. Alternative energy forms are seeing use in all parts of our society. Highest unemployment in our history (IE: Far fewer commuters and far less idling in traffic at rush hour). Petrol averaging $80 a barrel now vs OPEC saying three years ago that all they needed was $27. I think this is happening regardless of the recession.