EclectEcon

Ironman, at Political Calculations, presents a graph showing,

In simpler words, we confirm that individual Americans are not
consuming an ever-increasing amount of oil. We can therefore eliminate
increased U.S. consumption of petroleum-based products as a significant
contributor to the recent spike in the world price of oil.... As we see in the chart ..., the amount of
finished petroleum products consumed by U.S. residents started at 2.572
gallons per day in February 2007 and peaked at 2.661 gallons per day in
August 2007 before plunging to 2.443 gallons per day in March 2008.