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NRDC Report – Ranking States' Gasoline Price Vulnerability and Solutions for Change

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NRDC Issue Paper, November 2010 – Fighting Oil Addiction, Ranking States’ Gasoline Price Vulnerability and Solutions for Change

  • “The purpose of this report is to update NRDC’s 2007, 2008, and 2009 research identifying the states that are most vulnerable to spikes in gasoline prices—and those states that are doing the most to break their addiction to oil. As with previous editions, this report ranks U.S. states in two critical areas related to our nation’s continuing addiction to oil. First, it calculates gasoline price vulnerability—how heavily each state’s drivers are affected by increases in gasoline prices. Second, it ranks states on their adoption of solutions to reduce their oil dependenc—measures they are taking to lessen their vulnerability and to bolster America’s security. Our analysis yields three clear conclusions:
    • Oil dependence affects all states, but some states’ drivers are hit harder economically than others.
    • Drivers in 2009 spent a markedly lower percentage of their income on gasoline than they did in 2008, and drivers in all but five states actually spent a lower percentage than they did in 2006. This is largely due to the fact that gas prices went down, dropping from the record high prices we saw in 2008. This is a notable change in the trend of the past few years, which saw increasing vulnerability. But with gas prices once again beginning to rise, vulnerable states will be even more at risk.
    • While some states are pioneering solutions and many are taking some action, a fair number of states are still taking few (if any) of the steps listed in this report to reduce their oil dependence.”
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