The government forced us to save fuel a few years back. It all started in the 70's. We had a 70mph speed limit in our state at that time. The Government decided to change the speed limit to 55. Being a trucker most of my working life i hated the new speed limit. I can't drive 55 was a hot saying back then and most of us fudged on the limit and when in the truck pushed the limit as far as the pocketbook would allow. Now i decided that i would VOLUNTARILY drive 55 and stick the savings in my pocket. With fuel hovering around $2.50 gal I decided to test my savings with my 2002 4.0 Ford Explorer. My average was around 19-21 MPG. Now driving 55 my MPG went to 26 MPG. Thats a 25% fuel savings. Now that I'm retired i don't drive that much but for you who still commute to work or school, well just put a pencil to your weekly savings. Anyway it's a good way to save money and screw the oil company's out of a few bucks. If everyone went back to 55 for 1 week i think the oil price would fall also. Where would the oil companies store that sudden glut of 20-25% more fuel? Flame suit on.....Wayne