Article: 40mpg.org Poll: 2 Out of 3 Americans See Buying More Fuel-Efficient Vehicle As 'Patriotic,' High Gas Prices Already Driving Half to Do So; NASCAR Fans, Conservatives and Others Agree: 40 MPG Fuel-Efficiency Standard Should be U.S. Goal; New 40mpg.org Web Site Gives Americans Way to Talk Back to Automakers, Congress.

DETROIT, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Faced with steadily rising prices at the gas pump, two out of three Americans now agree that it is patriotic to buy a fuel efficient vehicle that uses less gasoline and, therefore, requires this country to import less oil from the Middle East, according to a new Opinion Research Corp. national opinion poll released today to launch http://www.40mpg.org/, which gives car owners a powerful new forum in which to tell automakers and Congress that they support a federal fuel efficiency standard of 40 miles per gallon (mpg). The 40mpg.org survey shows that three out of five conservatives (57 percent) concur that buying a more fuel- efficient ...

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