Politicians and News networks have gone head over heels in love with the fact that its the rapidly rising economies of countries such as India and China which are mostly to blame for the current oil crisis. Given the immensely large populations that these two countries have, it sounded like a plausible explanation.

After all these two giants were waking up from a deep slumber and were all ready to become developed nations in their own right.

All was hunky dory until Wired Magazine dug up the following facts.

California alone uses more gasoline than any country in the world (except the US as a whole, of course). That means Californias 20 billion gallon gasoline and diesel habit is greater than Chinas! (Or Russias. Or Indias. Or Brazil's. Or Germanys.)

And if we were to talk about rapid growth rates, California makes its mark here too - gasoline usage in California has increased 50 percent since 1988. As of 2007, the Chinese (the biggest competitor as a nation to this American State) has not yet managed to out-thirst the Californians.

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