Survey Reports Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Purchase Seen as Patriotic Campaign to Promote Use of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

According to a recent survey, most Americans now see buying a fuel-efficient vehicle as a patriotic gesture. Tens of millions in the U.S. are considering switching to a fuel-efficinet vehicle in the face of worsening gasoline price shock, reports the Opinion Research Corporation survey released in March, 2005 by Results For America (RFA), a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (CSI).

RFA will launch an online calculator that will help consumers dhelp Americans understand and then act on the benefits of driving more fuel- efficient vehicles. When available, the calculator will be at www.40mpg.org. It will calculate how much money Americans can save at the gas pumps, as well as reducing Middle East oil dependency, and decreasing pollution, by driving vehicles equipped with the best-available technology enabling 40 mpg fuel efficiency.).

Results For America is a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (CSI). For more information visit www.resultsforamerica.org .