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Re: McCain on energy - tells us to keep our tires inflated.
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Originally Posted by CYDdharta
Yes, of course. I don’t want to give posters the impression that you work for the GAO. Thanx for clearing up any confusion.
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My pleasure!
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Actually, the report you linked to estimated proper tire inflation would have saved 1.2 billion gallons of fuel in 2005, or just under 1% of the fuel used. While that isn’t an insignificant savings, considering the relative ease by which it can be accomplished, it’s a far cry from the 5 billion+ gallon figure you keep quoting. I agree it’s a practice the American public should adopt, but let’s be honest; it won’t have any significant impact on our country’s oil usage or energy consumption.
Perhaps we should be grateful that the pundits and partisans highlighted this issue; it’s gotten a whole lot more attention than it had in the previous 3 years of Tire Safety Week.
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I was going off some numbers that I ran in a different thread; the savings based on more recent numbers was over 5 billion gallons of gasoline.
In any case, it's a lot of fuel that could be saved.
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