Comments on: 6 Gasoline Numbers that Show We Could Try Harder http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/03/21/interesting_numbers-2/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Climate 411 » Concerned Citizens Plea for Stronger CAFE Standards - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/03/21/interesting_numbers-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Climate 411 » Concerned Citizens Plea for Stronger CAFE Standards - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:20:54 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/03/21/interesting_numbers-2/#comment-1679 [...] Dr. James Keck, a preventive medicine resident from Johns Hopkins doing a rotation here at EDF, delivered a statement on behalf of EDF. He pointed out that NHTSA failed to assess the impacts of CAFE standards in the proper context. Though required to consider the "cumulative impacts" of policy decisions, NHTSA did not consider how U.S. CAFE standards contribute to the global fight against dangerous climate change. (See this previous post to compare of fuel efficiency standards in other countries.) [...] [...] Dr. James Keck, a preventive medicine resident from Johns Hopkins doing a rotation here at EDF, delivered a statement on behalf of EDF. He pointed out that NHTSA failed to assess the impacts of CAFE standards in the proper context. Though required to consider the "cumulative impacts" of policy decisions, NHTSA did not consider how U.S. CAFE standards contribute to the global fight against dangerous climate change. (See this previous post to compare of fuel efficiency standards in other countries.) [...]

]]> By: cjzurcher http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/03/21/interesting_numbers-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 cjzurcher Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:41:16 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/03/21/interesting_numbers-2/#comment-1487 Wouldn't it be reveletory to determine how much gasoline (and money) individuals and the country could save if the speed limits were decreased? Isn't it almost criminal to have speed limits in excess of 70 mph in some states, not to mention the drivers of the gas guzzlers who average 80 on the interstates? It would also be important to estimate, and publicize, how many people drive 10 mph over the speed limit and how much gasoline could be saved if they, too, slowed down. Of course, most everyone is in a hurry to get where they're going. Everyone is overworked and underpaid, blah blah blah, but I've noticed, just in the few tens of miles that I drive every week, that if I drive between 55 and 60 mph insted of between 65 and 70, I save a significant amount of gasoline, and money. With oil and gas prices and availability seemingly at a crisis level, I would think this would be a worthwhile study Christopher Zurcher New Haven www.ctenvironmentalheadlines.com ------------------------------------------- Wouldn't it be reveletory to determine how much gasoline (and money) individuals and the country could save if the speed limits were decreased?

Isn't it almost criminal to have speed limits in excess of 70 mph in some states, not to mention the drivers of the gas guzzlers who average 80 on the interstates?

It would also be important to estimate, and publicize, how many people drive 10 mph over the speed limit and how much gasoline could be saved if they, too, slowed down.

Of course, most everyone is in a hurry to get where they're going. Everyone is overworked and underpaid, blah blah blah, but I've noticed, just in the few tens of miles that I drive every week, that if I drive between 55 and 60 mph insted of between 65 and 70, I save a significant amount of gasoline, and money.

With oil and gas prices and availability seemingly at a crisis level, I would think this would be a worthwhile study

Christopher Zurcher
New Haven
http://www.ctenvironmentalheadlines.com

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