hm… i'm trying to make sense of this. from what i gather (based on <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-30/us-gasoline-consumption-plummets-nearly-75" rel="nofollow">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-30/us-gasoline-consump...</a>), "Total Gasoline Retail Sales by Refiners" is a measure of production and is not necessarily consumption, due to storage capacity. still rather remarkable - i didn't realize we've topped out our storage/reserves.