Clark has been riding his scooter to and from work every day for a week. He lives about 5.5 miles from work and he uses about a quarter of a tank a week. The scooter gets about 75 miles to the gallon, so gas has become irrelevant to him. Or, at least for this week. Granted, most people can’t take a scooter to work. But what if cars could get 75 miles per gallon? It’s not a pipe dream. The U.S. Congress is moving closer to imposing new fuel economy standards on automakers in Detroit, and it’s the start of some much-needed change in the oil industry. The average American vehicle gets about 27.5 miles to the gallon today. We can do much better than that. The technology is already in place, and there is no excuse for our lack of focus as a country. Detroit will claim it can’t do this but that’s simply not true. You can do your part by purchasing something more fuel efficient when it’s time to buy a car.