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Forget MPG - let's move to GPM
but the Duke profs think we should be moving to a gallons per mile model here in the U.S. That way, people might begin to see that trading a 14mpg SUV for a 21mpg hybrid version, for example, saves more fuel than trading in a 35mpg sedan for a 50mpg Prius. Right now, very few consumers realize this when they're out debating which car to buy.
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I guess this is what some folks would call a "distinction without difference." Frankly, I'm not sure where saying that we're getting 2 gallons per 100 miles instead of 50 miles per gallon is going to make a difference in folks purchasing new cars.
C'est la vie, I guess. But I'm not going to start rethinking how I compute mileage (and the unit converter on my palm pilot won't do GPM anyways)
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