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 Stories About: air pollution AND energy AND United States AND water pollution
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Gas 'n' Uh-oh
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Adam I. Lowe |
29 Mar 2000 |
Counter Culture |
| 40 percent -- petroleum's share of global energy consumed in 1998 $246 -- amount spent by the author on gasoline to drive a 1987 Honda Accord 5,700 miles on a cross-country road trip from Feb. 15 to March 15, 2000 $433 -- estimated amount the author would have spent if he had driven a new Ford Explorer 4WD, the most popular sports utility vehicle in the U.S. $725 -- the cost of an equivalent amount of gas in 1981, adjusted for inflation to today's dollar ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, energy, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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