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California gasoline demand down in May -state

Reuters -- Gasoline demand in California, the nation's largest gasoline market, fell 0.1 percent in May compared with the same month in the previous year, according to the California State Board of Equalization.

May diesel demand fell 2.1 percent in May 2010 compared with May 2009, the board said in a statement.

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Submitted Aug 31, 2010 By: ziyulu

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northeast2 Champion Author New York Posts:2,671 Points:752,030 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 10:45:37 AM Ignore northeast2 Report Abuse packards42 is right. Interesting comments all around. Ain't no economic recovery
packards42 Champion Author Washington Posts:4,239 Points:717,270 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:58:33 AM Ignore packards42 Report Abuse When Diesel demand is down 2.1% that tell me retail sales and auto are droping fast, truck are sitting idle.
URKiddinMee Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,068 Points:216,665 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:24:24 AM Ignore URKiddinMee Report Abuse Why hell yes it declined. When one adds the number of unemployed to the number of those moving out to "Californicate" other states, there OUGHT to be a decline in gasoline usage in the state!
JimTee Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,322 Points:1,190,700 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:08:59 AM Ignore JimTee Report Abuse It was such a small amount change that it would be difficult to draw any conclusions.
Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:3,864 Points:992,595 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 8:59:56 AM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse Erwin Seba, did you get paid for reporting this? Yes, your title is technically correct but it leads the reader to expect some major news. 1 tenth of 1 percent? You are hardly reporting a trend. Definitely NOT newsworthy.
VDubBill Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:2,692 Points:871,040 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 8:43:31 AM Ignore VDubBill Report Abuse Jay Leno didn't fill up his cars this month?
DerHahn Champion Author Illinois Posts:11,150 Points:1,654,075 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 7:42:53 AM Ignore DerHahn Report Abuse .1% would seem to be a very small drop but it's still good to see the usage numbers down even if just a small number
ggt49 All-Star Author Grand Rapids Posts:603 Points:381,350 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 7:42:52 AM Ignore ggt49 Report Abuse That is such a small percentage. It really doen't mean much.