I was reading about the new Volkswagen plant
They can also get between 40 and 50 miles per gallon, returning between 700 and 800 miles on a single tank. This fuel-efficient technology will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. If one-third of all United States vehicles used this kind of fuel-efficient clean diesel, we would save 1.4 million barrels of oil a day.That’s the same amount of oil we import from Saudi Arabia, so this is a big deal.
But studies have shown more fuel efficient vehicles drive more miles then their less efficient counter parts, they also pay less in taxes for road improvements per mile traveled while creating the same wear and tear on our roads. This really does not sound like a compressive solution.
So if a third could save oil by burning oil, imagine what a third of a third could do by burning no oil and creating virtually no wear and tear on our roads?
Our numbers do not have to be huge to make an impact and you don’t need to travel thousands of miles by bike to keep a car off the road for just one trip. Just do what you can and it adds up very quickly.
Tennessee Volkswagen plant promises reduced demand for imported oil, lower carbon emissions, more jobs
Do I need to dig up the report that bike projects create more jobs per dollar spent? oldId.20110602080017843