Gas stations in the US are selling plenty of fuel, even as government data shows a steep drop in wholesale gasoline demand. The amount of retail gasoline sold in the second half of July rose 3.6% from the first half, according to Opis, which collects data at about 35,000 stations across the country. That’s in line with figures from GasBuddy, which models sales from 150,000 stations and saw consumer demand hit a year-to-date high in the week ended July 24. While those estimates seem to run counter to official government data showing implied demand in July falling below summer 2020 levels — all of these measures agree on one thing: Demand is much lower now that it was last year. Station owners are selling around 8-9% less gasoline than they did in July 2021, according to Opis. That’s consistent with the year-over-year drop in the […]