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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND fuel efficiency AND placemaking AND recycling
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Take It to the Limit
On speed limits |
Umbra Fisk |
19 Sep 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I was babbling about the '70s energy crisis, gas rationing, and the nationwide 55 mile-per-hour speed limit at work the other day, and found myself explaining to a group of younger people how you save gas if you drive slower. They had never heard such a thing! Could you refresh my memory about why 55 is the magic number for saving fuel? They need to hear it in scientificese. Ruth Denton, Texas Dearest Ruth, As you well r ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fuel efficiency, placemaking, recycling (all these topics) |
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