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Re: Democrats Adjourn Congress, Republicans Stay and Work
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Originally Posted by pramjockey
OK, so studies show that on average tires in the US are underinflated by 10-11 psi. This results in mileage reduction of ~3.7%. The US consumes about 386,000,000 gallons of gasoline daily. If people inflated their tires correctly, the US would burn 14,282,000 fewer gallons of gasoline daily, or 5,212,930,000 gallons of gasoline annually.
Why is this a dumb idea again?
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5 billion gallons of gasoline is not a small number.
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