-1.9% The change in overall U.S. petroleum consumption between fourth-quarter 2007 and first-quarter 2008.
-3.1% The change in gasoline consumption for the same period.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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