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Oil Consumption is Rising, Imports are Skyrocketing, and Our Vehicles Are to Blame Americans use far more gasoline than we need to, because our cars, SUVs, minivans, and pickup trucks waste it -- even though Detroit has the technology to fix the problem. The result is that the passenger vehicles now on U.S. roads consume huge amounts of gasoline, chaining American drivers, our economy and even our foreign policy, to oil. Here, a brief look at our dangerous oil dependence. VIEW ARTICLE AT NRDC How to Break The Chain: Auto companies have developed a host of new fuel-saving technologies and innovations, but for the most part they haven't put them into widespread production. Congress, the White House and state governments have the power to make them do it. As consumers and voters, so do we. VIEW ARTICLE AT NRDC

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