Hypermiling
50 miles, 75 miles, even 100 miles on a gallon of gas? You bet! And you can do it by just changing the way you drive.
Learn the core concepts of hypermiling at http://hypermiling.com/car-mpg.html
Hypermiling is gaining publicity. See these articles on CNN and MSNBC:
Take it slow and save big on gas
‘Hypermilers’ wring out every last bit of mpg
Also I found this interesting paper discussing the philosophical implications of driving.
TRAFFIC “EXPERIMENTS” AND A CURE FOR WAVES & JAMS
One of the first things you need to do to get better gas mileage is to record it. Here’s how:
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=calcMPG