During the presidential campaign of 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) suggested that U.S. drivers could save as much energy through proper tire inflation and car maintenance as oil companies could gain by drilling for oil from new sources offshore.
Obama’s opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), belittled the idea and even handed out tire pressure gauges with “Obama’s Energy Plan” printed on the side. FactCheck.org, an online project at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center that checks the accuracy of claims made during campaigns, delivered a verdict: Proper tire inflation might save a lot of energy cheaply and quickly, but it can’t quite deliver the volume of energy that offshore drilling can.
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