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Mar. 09, 2011
How To Turn $4 Gas Into $2 Gas
by Ira Flatow
Simple. Buy a car that gets 40-50 miles per gallon. I keep seeing so many “hints” from the media about how to save money driving: no jack rabbit starts, driver slower, yada, yada. Even saw one on ABC TV that told us not to brake! But can’t remember seeing one that concentrated on the long term: buy a car that gets high gas mileage – or uses no gasoline. Shouldn’t this be the message of this gas price hike?
Why recycle advice from the 70′s when we should be looking towards the future?
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Science Friday.




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