Downshifting.

• Position: UPDATES - U.S. car fleet - Brief article

See "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Comparing the C [O.sub 2] Impacts," March/April 2009, p. 16

Downshifting The U.S. car fleet shrank for the first time ever last year, down 4 million from a record 250 million in 2008. Americans scrapped 14 million cars while buying only 10 million new cars...