Posted by Chris Jensen |
May. 13, 2008 06:22AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. Cars, Lifestyle.
My Money Blog has posted a rather awesome collection of fuel saving strategies you can use on hybrids and standard cars, which in some cases will earn you an impressive 30% boost in fuel economy.
Use an real-time fuel economy meter. If you don’t have a hybrid with a built-in meter, get yourself something like the ScanGuage II.
Inflate tires to much higher pressures. Higher tire pressures -> Lower rolling resistance -> better fuel economy. They recommend not just inflating to the psi recommended by your car, but the maximum sidewall rating allowed by your tire manufacturer. Some members even take advantage of the “factor of safety” that engineers use and pump it up to 25% over the max rating. 50+ psi is not unheard of.
Switch to a special motor oil. Using low kinematic viscosity oil helps improve mpg.
Forced Autostop: Turn off engine whenever possible. If you’re slowly stopping to a red light or just coasting, turn off your combustion engine completely (”force” it to “stop”). Keep the engine off while idle, and only start it up when you’re ready to go again. This reduces losses due to running the engine at idle.
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(Source: My Money Blog)
Tags tips, savings, economy, fuel, gas
Posted by Chris Jensen |
Apr. 28, 2008 10:03AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. Lifestyle.
Apparently you should be enjoying current gas prices, as two analysts are insisting that crude will be selling for $200 a barrel within 2-3 years.
Translating this price into dollars and cents at the gas pump, one of our forecasters, the chairman of Houston-based Dune Energy, Alan Gaines, sees gas rising to $7–$8 a gallon. The other, a commodities tracker at Weiss Research in Jupiter, Fla., Sean Brodrick, projects a range of $8 to $10 a gallon.
Early last year, with a barrel of oil trading in the low $50s and gasoline nationally selling in a range of $2.30 to $2.50 a gallon, Mr. Gaines — in an impressive display of crystal ball gazing — accurately predicted oil was $100-bound and that gasoline would follow suit by reaching $4 a gallon.
Whether this prediction pans out or not, the global community is in for a world of hurt, one way or another, unless serious steps are taken to address our energy consumption. We put a man on the moon because we wanted to, and we can solve our energy problems if we put our collective minds at work. Unfortunately, if history is any indicator, we'll wait until it's too late, inevitably finding ourself living in a Mad Max future.
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(Source: NY Sun)
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