Adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles by substituting walking or biking for short trips currently taken by car could simultaneously improve health and reduce oil consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
- Substitution of cycling for driving for short trips has the potential to reduce gasoline demand up to nearly 34.9% of current domestic oil consumption.
Higgins, Paul A.T. and Higgins, Millicent. “A Healthy Reduction in Oil Consumption and Carbon Emissions.” Energy Policy. 33 (2005): 1-4.
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