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Show Oil use is down The American appetite for refined re-fined oil products is finally being curbed. According to the Highway Users Federation, Americans used less gasoline in 1979 than in the previous year an unprecedented unprec-edented event in a period unmarked un-marked by war, depression, or an Arab oil embargo. The organization estimated that Americans used 1.6 per cent less fuel and drove 25 billion fewer miles last year than in 1978. Gasoline consumption may continue to drop because of more efficient cars and conservation efforts. |