How Many Gallons Of Gas Differ Between Trump And Obama Administrations Emissions Standards?

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President Trump chose to take on the Middle East last weekend over oil and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.  One report (a brief) drew my attention from Politico Energy regarding the difference between the Trump administration and the Obama administration's emissions standards.  Politico's reporter wrote that the difference in barrels of oil per day between emissions standards of both administrations was significant: 

The U.S. economy remains susceptible to the ebbs of the world's oil supply, Pro's Ben Lefebvre and Eric Wolff report . To be sure, U.S. and global oil inventories are ample and the dangers surrounding this weekend's attacks are being softened — for now — by the bounty of the decade-old fracking boom. But any sustained surge in oil prices, the pair reports, could create awkward questions about some of Trump's energy policies, including his plan to roll back automobile fuel efficiency standards, which would keep U.S. gasoline consumption about 500,000 barrels a day higher than it would be under the Obama administration's fuel efficiency rule.

Upon reading the difference of 500,000 barrels of oil a day, I was intrigued.  I started to wonder how many gallons of gas were equal to 500,000 barrels of oil.  From previous blog posts on this site, there are 42 gallons per barrel of oil.

Wow!  The difference between the two administration's policies is equal to 21 million gallons of gas a day.  If 21 million gallons of gas per day is multiplied by 365 days in a year, the total difference in gallons of gas is equal to 7,665,000,000 gallons per year.



President Trump assurance of the national oil supply should be received with caution.  Below are more blog posts showing the amount of oil the world has along with the amount of oil that the U.S. uses on an annual basis.



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