John McCain, desperately trying to seize upon the one topic he has some leverage on, derided an aside of Barack Obama's regarding gas conservation. He and Tim Pawlenty seized on a comment Obama made that maintaining proper tire pressure could help save gas. Radio Iowa reports on Pawlenty's comments:
"Barack Obama stood up at a speech recently and said that one of the things that is really important from energy policy from his standpoint is to check the pressure in our tires...".Clearly, this is a pretty lame statement. Pawlenty and McCain are taking a single line from Obama's comments out of context. That's pretty typical political hack work, but no big deal.
But David Brauer at MinnPost pointed out something amazing:
According to fueleconomy.gov, gas use drops 3.3 percent when tire pressure is right, offering a bigger savings than, say, offshore drilling.Brauer has a fantastic point here. I've already shown that the conservative energy plan would save us $1 per barrel of oil in 2030. John McCain should avoid taking Obama's comments out of context when even Obama's small ideas pack more of a punch than McCain's major policy initiatives.
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