Other notable urban areas that contribute to the "50%": Denver; Phoenix-Tucson; Seattle and down to Portland, I believe; and, Atlanta, I believe.
But, broad brush, California looks fairly bleak. Considering.
By the way, this is the kind of demographic / graphics The Atlantic used to have in abundance until it changed it format, and its editorial policies.
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An Energetic Non-Story
This, of course, is a non-story, but apparently energy reporters are looking for anything on a slow news day.
Saudi Arabia told OPEC that its oil production dropped by 40,000 barrels a day in August to 10.63 million barrels as the group debates a deal to curb output to shore up prices.
The figures were submitted to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, according a person with knowledge of the data.
The country’s output declined from an all-time high of 10.67 million barrels a day in July.
And so it goes.OPEC and Russia are putting cooperation back on the table, after two years of a Saudi-led strategy by the producer group to pump flat out to protect market share against the surge in U.S. shale oil. Their last attempt to do this -- a proposal to freeze output in April -- collapsed after Saudi Arabia refused to proceed without all OPEC states, including regional rival Iran, participating.
Meanwhile, US gasoline demand as reported by the EIA:
Note how the "delta" between this year and last year has widened this past week.
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