John McCain tried to make light of Barack Obama’s suggestion that to save money on gas we should inflate our tires. His mockery reminded me of the mocking of Jimmy Carter’s sweater. Ah, but…
After mocking Obama, McCain says inflate your tires on Anderson Cooper 360º
And I hear tell that the amount of savings in gas that would result from everyone inflating their tires properly would surpass the amount of oil we could recover from ANWR … and we wouldn’t have to wait 10 years for results; it’s instant!
Here are some more links from people smarter than me:
Department of Energy (DOE) fueleconomy.gov Web site
Report on vehicles with under-inflated tires (PDF) and the report methodology
View the slide presentation here.
Transportation Research Board special report on tires and fuel economy from 2006
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) did a study in 2007
Here’s what the California Energy Commission had to say about tires and fuel efficiency
