New Mexico Gasoline Consumption Down

I haven’t had enough brainshare lately to track energy issues the way I was last spring and summer when thinking about $4 gasoline was such a teachable moment, but on popping in over at the EIA this evening, I note that we New Mexicans are continuing our frugal ways:

New Mexico Monthly Gasoline Consumption

New Mexico Monthly Gasoline Consumption

By my quick calculation, consumption in the 12 months ending in May (the most recent month for which data is available) was the lowest since 2001. Year over year, it’s down 10 percent. That seems like a lot, and I can’t vouch for the data without doing some due diligence, but maybe wow.