Archive for October, 2008
Why is it that people expect the auto makers to solve the gas price issue?
James V asked:
Isnt it true that the more vehicles out on the road, no matter how efficient the new models are, it mean more consumption over all? What about the 250 million auto’s already in driveways? Shouldn’t someone be offering better parts to increase fuel economy in them? I think that the vehicle’s on the road right now consume 99% of gas, and the future models will just add, and not take away from that amount.
Isnt it true that the more vehicles out on the road, no matter how efficient the new models are, it mean more consumption over all? What about the 250 million auto’s already in driveways? Shouldn’t someone be offering better parts to increase fuel economy in them? I think that the vehicle’s on the road right now consume 99% of gas, and the future models will just add, and not take away from that amount.
What is the best alternative to Gas?
Jim B asked:
what is the best and most promising new fuel to use for the future to replace gas?
what is the best and most promising new fuel to use for the future to replace gas?
How high will gas prices have to go for you to change your driving habits?
Poser, Scene, Emo Kid asked:
Also for you SUV owner’s how high will they have to go for you to sell your SUV?
Also for you SUV owner’s how high will they have to go for you to sell your SUV?
Gas prices where I am are like $2.59 for regular. where are they for you also?
Can Someone Tell The The Difference Between Options and Futures?
oddcat1978 asked:
How can I buy some unleaded gas options or futures?
How can I buy some unleaded gas options or futures?
Ridiculous (and Rising) Gas Prices Getting You Down? Here’s What to Do
Kade Phillips asked:
Sub-prime mortgage crisis, food prices soaring, gasoline costs through the roof – do you feel like you’re being financially squeezed at every turn? Here are some easy things you can do about some of your auto related expenses:
Saving money at the pumps
Slow things down a bit
On most major U.S. highways and freeways, the posted speed limited for automobiles & motorcycles is typically between 55-75 mph. If you’ve got a bit of a lead foot, you should know that increasing your speed does increase your automobiles gas consumption accordingly. Driving 20% faster than the posted limit increases your gas consumption by roughly 20% as well. Think about it, with today’s soaring gas prices, do you really want to be buying 20% more gas?
Use Cruise Control
The governments website www.fueleconomy.gov suggests that using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, will save gas. The also advise to use Overdrive Gears because, When you use overdrive gearing, your car’s engine speed goes down. This saves gas and reduces engine wear. You’ll be saving gas, the environment and ultimately your hard earned dollars.
Relax, live longer and enjoy the ride
Aggressive driving, like rapid acceleration, speeding, and hard braking increases gasoline consumption by up to 37% according to a recent study done by Natural Resources Canada. Incredibly, it’s also been reported that aggressive city driving only gets you where you want to go about 2½ minutes faster on a 60–minute trip. 37% more gas to buy??? It’s a lot to pay for so little time saved, dontcha think?
Is your vehicle actually another ’storage room’
While it may seem like a convenient place to keep certain things, minimizing the amount of “stuff” you keep in your automobile can save you a significant amount of gas money. It is estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy that for every additional 100 pounds that you truck around in your vehicle, you are increasing your gas consumption by about 1-2%. This can really add up over time.
Not going anywhere and still burning up loads of costly gas?
It seems silly to state the obvious, but…you get 0 miles per gallon if your car is idling. You could simply turn off the cars motor if you’re not moving for a while. Instead of idling while waiting at the fast food drive-up window, why not park the car and go inside? It’s often way faster to get served anyway, and you should know that idling in the line up for more than 10 seconds burns more gas than restarting the engine would. Use this tip wisely, and your gasoline savings will mount.
A well-maintained and smoothly running vehicle uses less fuel
Your auto was designed for optimal operation with certain minimum requirements in place. If these minimum requirements are not met, your cars fuel-efficiency suffers.
Consider the following:
• Keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 per cent.
• Your car’s air filter keeps impurities from damaging the inside of your engine and it helps the engine to operate more efficiently. Replacing a dirty air filter can improve your vehicle’s gas mileage by as much as 10 per cent.
• You can improve your vehicle’s gas mileage by 1-2 per cent by using the manufacturer’s recommended grade of motor oil. Using lower grades will not only hurt the engine, but will hurt your wallet as well, in the form of much costlier fill-ups at the pump.
Drive less – much less if you can
Now we know that this is not for everyone, but for many of us, this is not only a viable option, but it could lead to some wonderful side benefits if enabled correctly. Much better health and fitness levels could be ours if we chose instead to walk or cycle whenever possible, instead of driving absolutely everywhere. Other options are car pooling with others (could be great for your social life) – or downsizing your ride – how about one of those new scooters that gets like 80 miles per gallon?
All kidding aside, most of us could drive a lot less, walk a bit more, and we’d all be far better off for it.
Cheaper auto insurance? – yes, it’s very possible
With gas prices through the roof, saving money at the pumps is a real hot-topic these days, but you should know that there’s another vehicle (excuse the pun) worth looking at for significant savings where your auto costs are concerned. It’s easy to do, usually costs nothing but a bit of your time to do, and most people are still unaware of just how much money can be saved.
Did you know that car insurance rates can and do vary wildly from insurer to insurer – for basically the same coverage? Only by shopping around for your auto insurance coverage and getting quotes from several insurance companies will you know whether you are getting the best possible rate on your car insurance coverage. Don’t pay any more than you have to – shop around for your car insurance policy. If you have a few minutes, compare your current auto insurance rate with multiple competing offers right now. Click on: Cheap auto insurance to get started. It could be the best 5-minute investment decision you make all year.
Sub-prime mortgage crisis, food prices soaring, gasoline costs through the roof – do you feel like you’re being financially squeezed at every turn? Here are some easy things you can do about some of your auto related expenses:
Saving money at the pumps
Slow things down a bit
On most major U.S. highways and freeways, the posted speed limited for automobiles & motorcycles is typically between 55-75 mph. If you’ve got a bit of a lead foot, you should know that increasing your speed does increase your automobiles gas consumption accordingly. Driving 20% faster than the posted limit increases your gas consumption by roughly 20% as well. Think about it, with today’s soaring gas prices, do you really want to be buying 20% more gas?
Use Cruise Control
The governments website www.fueleconomy.gov suggests that using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, will save gas. The also advise to use Overdrive Gears because, When you use overdrive gearing, your car’s engine speed goes down. This saves gas and reduces engine wear. You’ll be saving gas, the environment and ultimately your hard earned dollars.
Relax, live longer and enjoy the ride
Aggressive driving, like rapid acceleration, speeding, and hard braking increases gasoline consumption by up to 37% according to a recent study done by Natural Resources Canada. Incredibly, it’s also been reported that aggressive city driving only gets you where you want to go about 2½ minutes faster on a 60–minute trip. 37% more gas to buy??? It’s a lot to pay for so little time saved, dontcha think?
Is your vehicle actually another ’storage room’
While it may seem like a convenient place to keep certain things, minimizing the amount of “stuff” you keep in your automobile can save you a significant amount of gas money. It is estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy that for every additional 100 pounds that you truck around in your vehicle, you are increasing your gas consumption by about 1-2%. This can really add up over time.
Not going anywhere and still burning up loads of costly gas?
It seems silly to state the obvious, but…you get 0 miles per gallon if your car is idling. You could simply turn off the cars motor if you’re not moving for a while. Instead of idling while waiting at the fast food drive-up window, why not park the car and go inside? It’s often way faster to get served anyway, and you should know that idling in the line up for more than 10 seconds burns more gas than restarting the engine would. Use this tip wisely, and your gasoline savings will mount.
A well-maintained and smoothly running vehicle uses less fuel
Your auto was designed for optimal operation with certain minimum requirements in place. If these minimum requirements are not met, your cars fuel-efficiency suffers.
Consider the following:
• Keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 per cent.
• Your car’s air filter keeps impurities from damaging the inside of your engine and it helps the engine to operate more efficiently. Replacing a dirty air filter can improve your vehicle’s gas mileage by as much as 10 per cent.
• You can improve your vehicle’s gas mileage by 1-2 per cent by using the manufacturer’s recommended grade of motor oil. Using lower grades will not only hurt the engine, but will hurt your wallet as well, in the form of much costlier fill-ups at the pump.
Drive less – much less if you can
Now we know that this is not for everyone, but for many of us, this is not only a viable option, but it could lead to some wonderful side benefits if enabled correctly. Much better health and fitness levels could be ours if we chose instead to walk or cycle whenever possible, instead of driving absolutely everywhere. Other options are car pooling with others (could be great for your social life) – or downsizing your ride – how about one of those new scooters that gets like 80 miles per gallon?
All kidding aside, most of us could drive a lot less, walk a bit more, and we’d all be far better off for it.
Cheaper auto insurance? – yes, it’s very possible
With gas prices through the roof, saving money at the pumps is a real hot-topic these days, but you should know that there’s another vehicle (excuse the pun) worth looking at for significant savings where your auto costs are concerned. It’s easy to do, usually costs nothing but a bit of your time to do, and most people are still unaware of just how much money can be saved.
Did you know that car insurance rates can and do vary wildly from insurer to insurer – for basically the same coverage? Only by shopping around for your auto insurance coverage and getting quotes from several insurance companies will you know whether you are getting the best possible rate on your car insurance coverage. Don’t pay any more than you have to – shop around for your car insurance policy. If you have a few minutes, compare your current auto insurance rate with multiple competing offers right now. Click on: Cheap auto insurance to get started. It could be the best 5-minute investment decision you make all year.
Wide Ranging Gas Prices Has Some Motorists Flummoxed
Matthew C. Keegan asked:
As autumn weather spreads across the lower forty-eight states, gas prices and temperatures seem to be dropping in unison. After pushing above $4 per gallon early in the summer, prices have been gradually retreating and have dropped to below $3 per gallon in some places. This is good news for drivers who have been especially squeezed at the pump all year.
But, not all areas are feeling the effects of lower gas prices, particularly in some parts of the Southeast which were hit hard by pipeline shutdowns due to Hurricane Ike in September. In Raleigh, the average price of a gallon of regular gas is still about $3.89, while in Corpus Christi prices are now average a full dollar less at $2.89 per gallon. Indeed, outside of Alaska and Hawaii – two states which consistently charge the highest rates – cities like Charlotte, Atlanta, and Durham are paying the most for gas.
Since peaking around $150 for a barrel of oil this past summer, price have dropped below the $100 per barrel level and seem to be heading even lower. A recent spike in prices in late September due to the economic meltdown have eased, suggesting that prices will eventually drop below $90 per barrel. With the meltdown, US consumption continues to drop, further pushing prices downward.
Yet, it is the Southeast which is having the most difficult time seeing lower prices, thanks in part to disruptions from Hurricane Ike which whacked the Texas coast in September. A major pipeline from Texas that serves the Carolinas and Georgia was cut off, forcing gas stations to shut down or ration out what they had. To this day, many independent gas stations are without fuel, waiting for supplies to be restored which should happen later this week. Once gas has been made widely available, then prices will begin to drop, perhaps by 50 cents or more almost immediately, before settling below $3 per gallon this winter.
Top and Bottom 5 Cities
The following lists, supplied by information gleaned from GasBuddy.com, reflects the top five and bottom five cities price wise:
Top 5
Corpus Christi 2.889
Oklahoma City 2.948
Kansas City 2.998
Des Moines 3.020
Tulsa 3.053
Bottom 5
Raleigh 3.891
Charlotte 3.902
Atlanta 3.945
Anchorage 3.994
Honolulu 4.007
Clearly, the price advantage can be found in the middle of the country while the Southeast, Hawaii, and Alaska continue to pay the highest prices in the nation.
As autumn weather spreads across the lower forty-eight states, gas prices and temperatures seem to be dropping in unison. After pushing above $4 per gallon early in the summer, prices have been gradually retreating and have dropped to below $3 per gallon in some places. This is good news for drivers who have been especially squeezed at the pump all year.
But, not all areas are feeling the effects of lower gas prices, particularly in some parts of the Southeast which were hit hard by pipeline shutdowns due to Hurricane Ike in September. In Raleigh, the average price of a gallon of regular gas is still about $3.89, while in Corpus Christi prices are now average a full dollar less at $2.89 per gallon. Indeed, outside of Alaska and Hawaii – two states which consistently charge the highest rates – cities like Charlotte, Atlanta, and Durham are paying the most for gas.
Since peaking around $150 for a barrel of oil this past summer, price have dropped below the $100 per barrel level and seem to be heading even lower. A recent spike in prices in late September due to the economic meltdown have eased, suggesting that prices will eventually drop below $90 per barrel. With the meltdown, US consumption continues to drop, further pushing prices downward.
Yet, it is the Southeast which is having the most difficult time seeing lower prices, thanks in part to disruptions from Hurricane Ike which whacked the Texas coast in September. A major pipeline from Texas that serves the Carolinas and Georgia was cut off, forcing gas stations to shut down or ration out what they had. To this day, many independent gas stations are without fuel, waiting for supplies to be restored which should happen later this week. Once gas has been made widely available, then prices will begin to drop, perhaps by 50 cents or more almost immediately, before settling below $3 per gallon this winter.
Top and Bottom 5 Cities
The following lists, supplied by information gleaned from GasBuddy.com, reflects the top five and bottom five cities price wise:
Top 5
Corpus Christi 2.889
Oklahoma City 2.948
Kansas City 2.998
Des Moines 3.020
Tulsa 3.053
Bottom 5
Raleigh 3.891
Charlotte 3.902
Atlanta 3.945
Anchorage 3.994
Honolulu 4.007
Clearly, the price advantage can be found in the middle of the country while the Southeast, Hawaii, and Alaska continue to pay the highest prices in the nation.
High Gas Prices; When are They Going to Stop?
Brian L. Thomas asked:
If you drive a car (or a vehicle that takes petroleum products to run) then you are probably asking the question, “When are the gas prices going to stop going up?” Good question. I believe the United States as a whole is wondering the same thing. All I can say is that we don’t have it as bad as some other countries.
What if you lived in Ireland? $4.78 (USD) per gallon. Frankfurt, Germany? $5.57 (USD). And what about Amsterdam? A whopping $6.48 (USD) per gallon! Now I have to admit, we don’t have the highest gas prices in the world; but we are far from the lowest. In Russia the price is $2.10 (USD) and if you go to Caracas, Venezuela, you can expect somewhere around 12 cents per gallon!
So why are prices so high in some parts of the world and not in others? You can probably guess the answer: Governments. The US government is dealing with the governments from other countries. The policies are much different in other countries and most of the increase is directly related to taxation and policies in those other countries. In some of the smaller countries with lower prices, the refineries are run by the government. They don’t have to tax the gasoline that they are producing.
What are the people and the government of the United States doing about it? Programs to increase gas mileage on newer cars, alternative fuels such as corn products and electricity, re-working the existing wells in the US and “friendlier” countries (US oil companies) and we are steadily working on relationships to increase trade with other countries.
I know it doesn’t seem like it, but, in my opinion, there are many people and government officials doing what they can to get this under control. The prices are already starting to drop in various locations across the country.
One of the good points is that this is creating a considerable amount of motivation, innovation and creativity from several industries. The US was built on innovation and necessity. Some of the greatest minds in the world are coming up with fantastic solutions. You may have even experienced some personal creativity or problem solving. Does anyone reading this remember when gas was 5 cents a gallon? 25 cents? $1? It is amazing how we get complacent with our lives until something affects our comfort level. This time it was our pocket books.
What motivates you to create solutions? I feel that together as a nation, this and many other issues can be solved. We just have to let out our creativity; we all have it; we just don’t use it as often as we could. Let your government know what you are thinking. Let them know your ideas; don’t just ask them to fix it. It is all of our responsibility.
So, hang in there. Walk or ride a bike when you can, use mass transit if your city offers it and carpool (you might even enjoy the company).
If you drive a car (or a vehicle that takes petroleum products to run) then you are probably asking the question, “When are the gas prices going to stop going up?” Good question. I believe the United States as a whole is wondering the same thing. All I can say is that we don’t have it as bad as some other countries.
What if you lived in Ireland? $4.78 (USD) per gallon. Frankfurt, Germany? $5.57 (USD). And what about Amsterdam? A whopping $6.48 (USD) per gallon! Now I have to admit, we don’t have the highest gas prices in the world; but we are far from the lowest. In Russia the price is $2.10 (USD) and if you go to Caracas, Venezuela, you can expect somewhere around 12 cents per gallon!
So why are prices so high in some parts of the world and not in others? You can probably guess the answer: Governments. The US government is dealing with the governments from other countries. The policies are much different in other countries and most of the increase is directly related to taxation and policies in those other countries. In some of the smaller countries with lower prices, the refineries are run by the government. They don’t have to tax the gasoline that they are producing.
What are the people and the government of the United States doing about it? Programs to increase gas mileage on newer cars, alternative fuels such as corn products and electricity, re-working the existing wells in the US and “friendlier” countries (US oil companies) and we are steadily working on relationships to increase trade with other countries.
I know it doesn’t seem like it, but, in my opinion, there are many people and government officials doing what they can to get this under control. The prices are already starting to drop in various locations across the country.
One of the good points is that this is creating a considerable amount of motivation, innovation and creativity from several industries. The US was built on innovation and necessity. Some of the greatest minds in the world are coming up with fantastic solutions. You may have even experienced some personal creativity or problem solving. Does anyone reading this remember when gas was 5 cents a gallon? 25 cents? $1? It is amazing how we get complacent with our lives until something affects our comfort level. This time it was our pocket books.
What motivates you to create solutions? I feel that together as a nation, this and many other issues can be solved. We just have to let out our creativity; we all have it; we just don’t use it as often as we could. Let your government know what you are thinking. Let them know your ideas; don’t just ask them to fix it. It is all of our responsibility.
So, hang in there. Walk or ride a bike when you can, use mass transit if your city offers it and carpool (you might even enjoy the company).
What are we going to do in the future when gas becomes to expensive or there’s no more?
BigBug asked:
I dont want to pay 20.00 dollars a gallon when i can drive! WAY TO MUCH! what are we going to do?
I dont want to pay 20.00 dollars a gallon when i can drive! WAY TO MUCH! what are we going to do?
How can I check gas prices from one destination to another?
Sherri asked:
I am traveling from my hometown to missouri and need to know what the differences are in gas prices. How can I do this?
I am traveling from my hometown to missouri and need to know what the differences are in gas prices. How can I do this?
Can anyone find me a published article with a date/author were it says gas is limited for the future?
hee-ya-coo asked:
Also another article were it says the cost of gas barrels. Recent articles would be nice (couple months or 1 yr old)
Thanks
a published article online if you wondering
i’ve been looking but cant find anything
Also another article were it says the cost of gas barrels. Recent articles would be nice (couple months or 1 yr old)
Thanks
a published article online if you wondering
i’ve been looking but cant find anything