Obama Campaign Blimp

"There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy," Barack Obama said. "Making sure your tires are properly inflated – simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling – if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You'd actually save just as much!"

Obama is right. I just attended the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. When properly inflated, Goodyear tires blow out every 17 miles. Now, stopping to change tires every seventeen miles saves a lot of gas!