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Bush Administration: Obama’s Right About Tire Inflation.

Pirate's Cove found this 8/7/2008 on firedoglake.com

Yes, you read that right : The Bush administration estimates that expanded offshore drilling could increase oil production by 200,000 barrels per day by 2030 . We use about 20 million barrels per day, so that would meet about 1% of our demand two decades from now. Meanwhile, efficiency experts say that keeping tires inflated can improve gas mileage by 3%, and regular maintenance can add ...