Here’s a quiz. Which saves more gas: trading in a 16-mile-a-gallon gas guzzler for a slightly more efficient car that gets 20 mpg? Or going from a gas-sipping sedan of 34-mpg to a hybrid that gets 50 mpg?

If you guessed the second choice, you’re wrong.

This interesting broadcast on “All Things Considered” this afternoon explains why the way mileage is advertised in the US is not the best way to figure fuel efficiency. 

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