Percentage increase in gasoline prices since President Bush took office[1]:
155%
Percentage increase in oil prices since President Bush took office[2]:
231%
Increase in wealth sent from America to OPEC countries per month since President Bush took office[3]:
$22 billion
Increase in oil imports per day from OPEC countries since President Bush took office[4]:
500,000 barrels
Percentage increase in residential electricity prices since President Bush took office[5]:
21%
Percentage increase in residential natural gas prices since President Bush took office[6]:
81%
Percentage increase in diesel prices since President Bush took office[7]:
163%
Increase in oil profits for the five largest oil companies since President Bush took office[8]:
$85 billion
President Bush's proposed cuts for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development in his last budget[9]:
$467 million
Number of times Bush Republicans in the Senate have voted against renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits[10]:
8

Bush-McCain Record on Oil Prices
 
Price of a barrel of oil, September 23, 2008[11]:
$106.61
Price of a barrel of oil, January 22, 2001[12]:
$32.21
Percentage increase in price between January 22, 2001 and September 23, 2008[13]:
231%
Highest closing price for a barrel of oil in nominal dollars, set on July 3, 2008[14]:
$145.31
Amount estimated by Moody's Economy.com that excessive oil market speculation adds to the price of a barrel of oil[15]:
$30
Number of Republican Senators who voted against having adequate regulation of excessive oil speculators[16]:
43

The Bush-McCain Record on America's Oil Dependence
 
Total amount spent on oil and petroleum product imports in 2007[17]:
$319 billion
Total amount spent on oil and petroleum product imports in 2001[18]:
$101 billion
Percentage increase in total amount spent on oil and petroleum products imports between 2001 and 2007[19]:
216%
Net crude oil and petroleum imports per day in 2007[20]:
12 million
Net crude oil and petroleum imports per day in 2001[21]:
10.9 million
Percentage increase in net crude oil and petroleum imports between 2001 and 2007[22]:
10 percent
Total amount spent on oil and petroleum products per month in 2007[23]:
$39.5 billion
Total amount spent on oil and petroleum products per month in 2001[24]:
$9.1 billion
Percentage increase spent on oil and petroleum products between 2001 and 2007[25]:
331%
Number of Republican Senators, including Senator McCain, who petitioned the Bush Administration to curtail our nation's use of home-grown renewable fuels[26]:
24

The Bush-McCain Record on Oil Profits
 
Amount of profits the five largest oil companies have made since President Bush took office[27]:
$647 billion
Amount of profits the five largest oil companies made in 2007[28]:
$124 billion
Amount of profits the five largest oil companies made in 2001[29]:
$39 billion
Percentage increase in oil profits of the five largest oil companies since President Bush took office[30]:
218%
Number of times Senate Republicans blocked legislation to revoke subsidies for the major oil companies in the 110th Congress[31]:
4

The Bush-McCain Record on Gasoline Prices
 
Retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline, September 23, 2008[32]:
$3.72
Retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline, January 22, 2001[33]:
$1.46
Percentage increase in regular gasoline prices between September23, 2008 and January 22, 2001:
155%
Weeks in 2008 when the average retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline was at least $3[34]:
34
Weeks in 2008 when the average retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline was at least $4[35]:
7
Weeks in 2001 when the average retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline was below $2[36]:
52
Record retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline, July 11, 2008[37]:
$4.11
Number of Republican Senators who voted against legislation that would punish gasoline price gougers[38]:
42

The Bush-McCain Record on Electricity Prices
 
Average residential price for a kilowatt of electricity in 2006[39]:
8.58 cents
Average residential price for a kilowatt of electricity in 2001[40]:
10.4 cents
Percentage increase in residential electricity price for a kilowatt of electricity since 2001[41]:
21 %
Average monthly residential electricity bill in 2006[42]:
$95.66
Average monthly residential electricity bill in 2001[43]:
$80.98
Percentage increase in monthly residential electricity bills between 2006 and 2001[44]:
18%
Number of Republican Senators who voted against an energy bill that contained a 15 percent renewable electricity standard[45]:
39
Estimated percentage increase in wind power that could be achieved by a 15 percent renewable electricity standard[46]:
50
Estimated price increase for the national average price per kilowatt hour for electricity if a 15 percent renewable electricity was achieved by 2030[47].
.1 cents

The Bush-McCain Record on Natural Gas Prices
 
Average residential price per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in 2001[48]:
$9.63
Average residential price per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in 2008[49]:
$14.35
Percentage increase in monthly residential natural gas prices[50]:
49%
Number of Republican Senators who voted against an energy bill that contained a 15 percent renewable electricity standard[51]:
39
 
Estimated cumulative decrease in residential expenditures on natural gas if a 15 percent renewable electricity standard was achieved by 2030[52]:
$1 billion