# Peak gasoline, speculates IEA

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**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/peak-gasoline-speculates-iea/175712 "2021-03-18T02:35:14Z")\
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’ Gasoline demand may have peaked, though, as efficiency gains and the shift to electric vehicles offset mobility growth in emerging and developing economies.’

> **[Oil markets face uncertain future after rebound from historic Covid-19 shock...](https://www.iea.org/news/oil-markets-face-uncertain-future-after-rebound-from-historic-covid-19-shock)**
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> Oil markets face uncertain future after rebound from historic Covid-19 shock - News from the International Energy Agency

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The oil industry has seen this coming for years, and they knew that despite their best efforts they couldn’t stop it forever. That’s why a number of years ago it got behind hydrogen cars. A source of hydrogen is cracking methane. A source of methane is old oil wells…