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To: RON BL who wrote (147473)	5/22/2001 5:52:13 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769670

Ron When I looked at the chart at this site it appeared to say that car mileage did not change from about 14 mpg during the 70's until the 80's when it started a steady climb. Average gas mileage for passenger cars has stayed about the same in the 1990s — about 20-21 miles per gallon (mpg). Since 1960, gains are impressive. For passenger cars, fuel efficiency per vehicle has increased from 14.3 mpg in 1960 to 21.3 mpg in 1996 (Figure 10.6). From 1973 to 1996, the average fuel efficiency of new passenger cars entering the fleet increased from 14.2 mpg to 28.5 mpg. Some of the gains in car fuel efficiency were offset by a shift in the composition of private vehicle usage towards light-duty trucks and sport-utility vehicles. (Fuel consumption per vehicle is the ratio of vehicle-miles trav-eled to total gasoline consumption in gal-lons). (Part III, Table 10.3) 1960 1970 1980 1990 Source: See Part III, Table 10.3. 1983 1990 1995