Why is fuel efficiency important to the environment?

Why is fuel efficiency important to the environment?

Terry Tamminen (Author & Environmental Policy Advisor) gives expert video advice on: Why is fuel efficiency important to the environment?; How does the weight of my car affect fuel efficiency? and more...

Fuel efficiency is very important to the environment because we burn these fossil fuels, like petroleum, like gasoline, that create greenhouse gases and pollutants that harm our public health. If we can burn less of it, by having more fuel efficient cars, then obviously those impacts will also go down.