tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post3293336263285941985..comments2024-03-27T21:44:21.033-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: A VMT oddity and the latest TWIPHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-38781594936102385312010-12-04T08:53:55.124-06:002010-12-04T08:53:55.124-06:00Since even under the Obama Administration, the Fed...Since even under the Obama Administration, the Federal gov't does not make US citizens fill out forms in triplicate each month listing miles travelled in each vehicle, the "Vehicle-Miles Traveled" has to be an estimate based on actual measurements of something else -- or maybe even based on estimates of measurements of something else.<br /><br />For example, Gov't could get estimates of fuel sold each month -- but if people think prices are going up and all fill up their vehicle tanks, there would be a temporary change in the relationship between fuel sold & miles travelled. Etc, etc.<br /><br />It would be better to focus on actual measurements.Kinuachdrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275320683766290581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-12078799387952533632010-12-03T19:02:58.334-06:002010-12-03T19:02:58.334-06:00OK, it was a silly question. I have to compare 12 ...OK, it was a silly question. I have to compare 12 months to a 12-month average. Doing that, there's no big disconnect between the two data sets.porsenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362269873149438270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-58213854789763226202010-12-03T18:31:01.683-06:002010-12-03T18:31:01.683-06:00Sorry, that should be "four-week average gaso...Sorry, that should be "four-week average gasoline demand"porsenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362269873149438270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-23102565770917602262010-12-03T18:29:50.923-06:002010-12-03T18:29:50.923-06:00You have to go back to 2002 in the EIA's stati...You have to go back to 2002 in the EIA's statistics to find a lower four-week average for November. Yet the FHA graph seems to tell a different story. Why would that be?porsenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362269873149438270noreply@blogger.com