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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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It is not an exaggeration to say that plug-in hybrids could help save us from oil dependence, air pollution, and a deteriorating atmosphere. By doing without 80 to 90 percent of the gasoline used by conventional cars, these vehicles could play a key role in our getting unhooked from fossil fuels.

Q) What can replace "doing" at the beginning of the second sentence?
  

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I would replace the entire clause. What is there is not very natural.

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  • What is there is not very natural.
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I would replace the entire clause. What is there is not very natural.
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Right. I was wondering how "doing" should be interpreted. Emotion: sad
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moon7296By doing without 80 to 90 percent of the gasoline used by conventional cars,
Because they consume only 10-20 percent of the gasoline used by conventional cars, ...
Since they are 80-90 percent more fuel-efficient than conventional cars,
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moon7296Right. I was wondering how "doing" should be interpreted.
Something like "managing". However, "doing without" is more or less a set phrase.
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moon7296Right. I was wondering how "doing" should be interpreted.
"Do without" is an idiom. It means that there is none of the item mentioned, and you have to find a substitute or use nothing.

eg.
I ran out of coffee, so we will have to do without until I can go shopping. How about some tea?
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