How much oil?

PositionFROM READERS - Letter to the editor

Just a question about the article "Tar Sands Fever!" [September/October], in which you said, "The United States consumes more oil per capita than any other country in the world, absorbing two-thirds of global oil production" [p. 8]. Two-thirds?! Is that correct? I knew it was a lot, but thought it was around 25 percent.

JOSE SOUSA

Lisbon, Portugal

Author Dan Woynillowicz and the editors respond: Right you are, and thanks for catching that error. We're so accustomed to hearing outlandish oil consumption figures for the United States that we failed to...

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