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I am trying to decide if a carpooling situation that is available to me is really going to save energy/gas $. If I drive to work on my own it takes me about 25 minutes, 16.5 miles, mostly freeway time at 60 MPH. If I carpool – I drive about 25 minutes to the person’s house, 6.5 miles, mostly side streets/stop lights at 30 MPH. We then drive another 5.5 miles together, less than 10 minutes, mostly highway at 60 MPH. The car I drive is a Saturn SL1 – gets about 30-34 miles to the gallon. With the carpooling I am driving less miles, but spending more time on the road – just wondering if the energy savings is significant.

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