[Christ]

I call it on the driver's heads...

Reason: We all know that cold affects gas mileage. We all know that driving style is probably the single largest contributor to "make it or break it." Before we knew any of this, we were peobably just like everyone else, in that we didn't really know what to do when we didn't get the awesome efficiency that we all strive for.

Point is, if the EPA had just said "You won't get as much gas mileage in the winter as in the summer, and if you floor it, you won't get as much gas mileage either..." We'd never have tried to learn anything more about it. Many of us would have taken their words for it, and never looked any further into it.

The way I see it, when the EPA says something, everyone just "Accepts" it.. it becomes the general consensus for those otherwise not properly educated, whereas when we have to figure something out by research, we often look further into it than just the surface data, resulting in a greater good.