Obama originally claimed that ';inflating tires saved as much oil as offshore drilling';? Does he still agree?

Heres the original story with original quote:





http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic鈥?/a>





Now look at how he makes fun of McCain, who simply has agreed that theres nothing wrong with inflating tires:





http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_o鈥?/a>








MEANWHILE Obama has completely caved on offshore drilling...and he has the gall to make fun of McCain?





Chutzpah!?!?!





And how complicit is the press in all his shenanigans?Obama originally claimed that ';inflating tires saved as much oil as offshore drilling';? Does he still agree?
The press is very complicit. The funny thing is that Obama thinks that keeping tires inflated and having regular tune ups should be a part of any energy policy. Are they going to be spot checking people's cars? Will we be fined if we don't comply? All the government can do is tell us that those things save on fuel costs but to make it a part of policy is laughable..Obama originally claimed that ';inflating tires saved as much oil as offshore drilling';? Does he still agree?
Info taken from your first article tells us that proper car maintenance would actually saves far more oil than we would get from lifting the offshore drilling ban.








';The Department of Energy estimated in 2005 that U.S. drivers wasted 1.2 billion gallons of gas a year from driving on underinflated tires -- about 61 million barrels of oil.';





';The U.S. Department of Interior says 17.9 billion barrels of oil are available offshore in areas under the federal drilling ban. Because of legal hurdles and a shortage of equipment, experts estimate that if the ban was lifted, it would take at least five years to produce an additional drop of oil from those areas.';





Taken from your second article





';McCain had spent recent days ridiculing Obama's remarks about tire pressure,...';





Apparently, you support McCain ridiculing and making fun, but it's somehow wrong when Obama does it? Personally, I think all politicians should grow up and act like respectable adults. Sadly, I don't see that happening anytime soon.
I say: make everyone have square tires, and that will solve everything!