john: planning s car trip? waer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much ofhat we think that we know is not so. and one reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was few laws they can make everything better. president obama s says gas c co too muchnd he feels our pain. the serious blow to your budget. getting hit with a new tax comingight out of your pocket. john: the president took action. wehave taken steps to soften the blow by making sure that ou cars use less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. over the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic offueleconomy standards is just one more myth that politicians sell us. here to tell us the tr