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    Powering the Road Ahead

    May 01, 2020 3 minutes
    by Monette Bebow-Reinhard

    Have you ever heard someone comparing MPGs or wishing for better

    “mileage?” Miles per gallon

    (MPG) is the distance a vehicle can travel on one gallon of gasoline. Gas gets many of us where we need to go, but fumes from this fossil fuel pollute the air. Humans have burned an unprecedented amount of gas since the car was mass-marketed in the early 1900s. Fossil fuel air pollution is one major reason for climate change.

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