Taking a hybrid or fuel-efficient car filled with people is better still — and you should keep the speed down. “If you increase from 65 to 75, you’re going to consume about 15 percent more energy per mile,” said Daniel Sperling, founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis.
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