{"id":609,"date":"2008-08-19T14:58:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T19:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/08\/19\/ecodriving\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:16:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:16:29","slug":"ecodriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/08\/19\/ecodriving\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy Way to Lower Gasoline Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/07\/sheryl_canter.jpg' alt='Sheryl Canter' height=\"80\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>People are proposing all kinds of extreme measures to lower gasoline costs, including offshore drilling in areas that would destroy ecosystems despite no additional gas (or savings) for at least a decade.<\/p>\n<p>But there are simple things you can do to immediately lower your gasoline costs by an average of 15 percent. 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