Gas mileage

And another thing … I looked up some stuff on the internet …like the average
MPG of American cars, how many gal of gas are extracted from a barrel of oil
and how much of this gasoline goes into cars, how many cars are on the road,
the average mileage driven by each car holder .. then I looked up how much
more mileage the average car would get if every car in the US had its tires
pumped up to the required amount. . yadda yadda yadda … Then I made the
assumption the average tire in the American tire is 3 pounds/sq inch under
the recommended pressure (which I don't have the foggiest idea if this is
correct) …but if true I then did the simple arithmetic and computed that the
US could save about a half million barrels of oil a day just by filling up
their tires with the recommended air pressure.. This ½ million barrels of
oil a day is about 2.5% of the daily 20 barrels of oil a day currently used
in the US) .
It is my understanding is that amount of oil is what will be pumped from
offshore drilling.
I am thinking the moral is we just need a little more hot air .. but in our
tires and not from politicians.
Jerry

Hi Jerry,
You are right! The little things add up. They are not as sexy or as "gee
whiz",
but they add up and people are not always willing to pay attention to them.
Thanks,
Tom