Since the United States supplies their own petroleum we are not depending very much on importing it to the US but we do still import some. The main reason the United States uses petroleum is for vehicles. We use petroleum for gas and that gas allows us to make machines run. We also use petroleum for heating and generating electricity. The amount of petroleum consumed in the United States usually depends on how much it costs. Prices tend to change often, for example, gas prices. Gas is a huge thing that we all use. The prices on gas change all the time and whether or not gas is expensive or not changes how much of it we consume.
