(New Scientist) High gasoline prices could lead to a dramatic saving in US greenhouse-gas emissions. Two new studies of US car sales show that high fuel prices are turning consumers off SUVs and onto smaller, fuel-efficient cars.
Meanwhile an economist is predicting that the fuel costs will also lead to car owners driving less to save money.
Both these changes in consumer behavior could result in a huge drop in the country's carbon emissions.
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