The average daily U.S. oil consumption and production (thousands of barrels) is shown for the years 1973 to 2011. Use a graphical technique to describe these figures. What does the graph tell you?

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1973 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 Consumption 17,318 16,65516,323 1740 18,443 18,857 18,527 17,060 16,06 15,301 Production 8132 8706 8572 8649 1983 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 Consumption 15,228 15,722 15,726 16,277 16,666 17,284 17,327 16,988 16,710 17,031 Production 8689 8879 8683 8349 7615 1993 1994 1996 1998 Consumption 17,328 17,721 17,730 18,308 18,618 18,91319,515 19,699 19,647 19,758 2 5801 2011 Consumption 20,034 20,731 20,799 20,686 20,684 19496 1877119178 18949 5656 Production 6847 6561 6253 5822 5746 2004 2006 2007 2009 2010 8 Production 5645 5088 4999 5479