New DOT rule could mean you spend $600 more on gas each year
Fueling up could cost you a lot more money in the coming years.
The United States is a pretty car-dependent country, and we are also a country with a lot of cars that are not the most fuel-efficient in the world, including a substantial number of pickup trucks and large SUVs that guzzle gas.
Since we do use a lot of gasoline, it’s probably not surprising that the U.S. Energy Information Administration says that gas is consistently the type of energy that we devote the largest portion of our household energy spending to.
