Fair comment - but check this out: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-oil-consumption-per-capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene

Fair comment - but check this out: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-oil-consumption-per-capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-... We rank #23 out of 230 on a per capita basis, nearly everybody above us is either an Island nation where transport costs factor in huge or a Middle East nation with plenty of oil in their back yards. The average American uses 2x as much, in running total, as do the French . . .