Question Earthority!

“Perhaps the greatest misconception in today’s energy debate is the idea that increasing efficiency will cut down our consumption. On the contrary, we should expect that if our cars and trucks become more efficient, we actually will consume more gasoline, not less. Increasing a vehicle’s mileage doesn’t just mean getting more miles per gallon, it means lowering the overall cost of driving. And if you lower the cost of something, people will consume more of it. In this case, the good that would be consumed is miles on the road. That has been our experience over the last half century with cars, airplanes, lightbulbs, dishwashers, power plants, and everything else that uses energy.” (06/28/07)