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Fuel Efficiency: Comparing the Red States and
Blue States When speaking of fuel usage,
Americans are often lumped together as having similar consumption habits.
This is not true and some states are significantly more efficient than
others. This site compares vehicle fuel efficiency by state and illustrates contrasting efficiencies between Red States and Blue States. Six of the ten states with the highest vehicle fuel efficiency went to John Kerry in 2004. Nine of the ten states with the worst fuel economy went to George Bush.
Vermont leads the nation in fuel efficiency
with about 23. 5 mpg based on 2002 data. The national median is about 16.4
mpg. Vermont's fuel efficiency is about 40% better than the nation's as a
whole. What do they drive and how do they drive in the Green Mountain State
to do so well? What is the effect of toll roads (frequent starts and stops)
on these statistics? New Hampshire and Massachusetts have extensive toll
roads and have much lower fuel efficiency than Vermont. Individual state
values are shown in the table, below the graph.
Red data points represent states won by Bush. Blue data points represent states won by Kerry. Fuel efficiency data source: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation MEDIAN VALUE 16.440 mpg Number of Bush states above median: 13 Number of Bush states below median: 18 Number of Kerry states above median: 12 Number of Kerry states below median: 7 |
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Table: Average Fuel Efficiency for Each State |
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State |
Average mpg |
Rank |
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VT |
23.54 |
1 |
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NY |
19.09 |
2 |
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FL |
19.07 |
3 |
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HI |
18.47 |
4 |
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WV |
18.37 |
5 |
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DE |
18.19 |
6 |
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WI |
18.08 |
7 |
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RI |
17.85 |
8 |
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UT |
17.77 |
9 |
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NC |
17.69 |
10 |
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OK |
17.56 |
11 |
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KS |
17.50 |
12 |
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AL |
17.49 |
13 |
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MD |
17.48 |
14 |
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CA |
17.41 |
15 |
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TN |
17.21 |
16 |
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CT |
17.16 |
17 |
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OR |
17.01 |
18 |
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MS |
16.90 |
19 |
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GA |
16.87 |
20 |
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MO |
16.69 |
21 |
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ME |
16.63 |
22 |
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NM |
16.61 |
23 |
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WA |
16.49 |
24 |
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CO |
16.48 |
25 |
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MA |
16.40 |
26 |
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MI |
16.38 |
27 |
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MN |
16.28 |
28 |
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IN |
16.06 |
29 |
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VA |
16.05 |
30 |
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IL |
16.01 |
31 |
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ID |
16.00 |
32 |
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OH |
15.99 |
33 |
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SC |
15.93 |
34 |
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PA |
15.85 |
35 |
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AZ |
15.49 |
36 |
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NH |
15.38 |
37 |
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KY |
15.25 |
38 |
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TX |
15.21 |
39 |
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AR |
14.86 |
40 |
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NE |
14.81 |
41 |
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LA |
14.80 |
42 |
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MT |
14.61 |
43 |
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IA |
14.53 |
44 |
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ND |
14.23 |
45 |
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NJ |
14.19 |
46 |
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SD |
13.94 |
47 |
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NV |
13.91 |
48 |
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WY |
13.69 |
49 |
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AK |
13.24 |
50 |
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Links EPA List of 2006 Vehicles with Best Fuel Efficiency National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, Toward Renewable Fuels: Flexible Fuel Vehicles, 85% Ethanol
Keywords: fuel efficiency, sustainable energy, red state blue state comparison, gasoline mileage, conservation Copyright © 2005-2008 sustainablemiddleclass.com. All Rights Reserved. |
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