Driving Slower, Saves Gas

Are you a driver that loves to get to you destination as quickly as possible? Are you sick of stopping every week to fill up your tank with another $40-50 worth of gasoline? If you are, listen up. We may be able to save you some money, with some easy tips. There are many things that we can do as driving to increase our gas mileage. One of the most effective ways is by slowing down. Surely we have heard this tip before, but have never actually stopped to see why.

What does slowing down entail? Driving slower, slower acceleration, and stopping more gradually. These three things could increase your mileage by up to 30%. Let’s break this down together.

Driving slower the next time you go out. Most of us hate to be the person that they have to wait impatiently behind. If you pay attention, the only thing that driving faster does, is getting you to the red light first. Taking five miles per hour off the way you drive can have a dramatic increase.

Slower acceleration is a tricky one. If you live near a highway, it’s a really frustrating one. Trying to move onto the highway not while going the speed track speeds, seems dangerous. If anything slowing down coming onto the expressway is much saver than zooming with traffic.


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Stopping more gradually is easy. This one, everyone is guilty of. We have all been behind the quick stoppers. Causing you to slam on you breaks as well. This is an easy one to adopt.

So it has now been a month and you realize that you seem to have filled up for gas one less time than last month. Take the savings over the course of a year and you can end up with $600 is your pocket.

Enjoy your day and take drive on the town. Slowly.

Renewable Energy Galore

Every week I am always amazed to see how many updates and new energy sectors are popping up. I am still impressed and amazed with how much is going on in Australia. But it is not only them. Myanmar is joining the Frey. Beyond all those things, GM announced more details on the Volt. The Volt needs to be put into perspective however, because there could be at least four other electric vehicles that come out all around the same time. As 2008 continues to rock, 2009 and 2010 should be even greater. If you are worried about the stock market, don't, can't change it. Look on the greener side of life and smile.

7th grader invents new solar cell!!

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Eco-Vandals Freed!

Very rarely do I ever write about things that are political. I am saddened that these vandals would go free. I am the first to understand and state that coal is not a long term solution. If people want to protest they should and have the absolute right. However, these eco-"activists" should know, that they not only do damage to the plant, they do damage to the cause that they supposedly champion. All this does is ensure that their voices and cause, whether legitimate or not will be ignored. How a jury set them free is befuddling. We need normal thinking and acting people.

Production First, Perfection Second - India Vs. United States

In my research into the new wave of electric cars, energy production and things of that nature, India always seems to have their hand in the cookie jar. Reva has the cars and Tata has energy. One thing that stands out with the model that they have taken is production. While many can argue there are less controls and lower wages(and there is some validity to that) others can claim ingenuity.

When Henry Ford started to mass produce cars it was a novelty. Not because of the moving assembly line, but because everyone could get a crude, workable car. Reva car company may have found that model. While GM still struggles with the volt, Reva already is starting to mass produce basic and inexpensive vehicles. The cars are around ten thousand pounds.

While being a big fan of Detroit, since, I live there. The big three needs to go back to their roots. Perfection of the electric car will not come immediately. Maybe Ford can re-buy Think. It saddens that the companies that once were known for ingenuity lost their way. Gas continues to rise and gives way to a niche that can explode. People are willing to forgo 250 mile tanks for a 40 mile electric battery. The "hassle" of plugging it in is not that bad. Didn't cars used to be crank? People dealt with the hassle for the convenience, money and time the car saved.

Electric cars are convenience that come along with a hassle. A plug in battery and not many miles per gallon. Mass production will lead to perfection. The electric car will continue to take over the world market, as the U.S. looks to shut down its borders to trade. Imagine a free trade deal with India. I hope that companies can work together in order that both countries can offer what the other cannot.

Off shore drilling debate carries on!

There is so much back and forth going on with the energy debate. In particular, off shore drilling. I am not so sure that either party has an end goal in mind. What is the goal of any of the legislation they are trying to pass. If the goal is "Become as energy sufficient as soon as possible" than it would seem that they should drill, search for the oil shale and ensure that energy companies produce more of the energy from renewable, oh, almost forgot, Renew the tax credits on Renewable Energy.

With all that said, I hope that congress and the senate would decide and tell the public, what its stated goals are and just take the steps those goals. If you want more information please check out this article from the San Francisco Chronicle. I hope everyone has a great day.

Nuclear Power, the way to go?

The generation of electricity through nuclear has always been a mystery. Partly because it is a fairly new way of doing things. The question is, should the world look this way more. Nuclear is quite possibly the easiest and cleanest way to MASS produce energy. People may disagree, which is generally good for discussions. Nuclear power provides most of France's electricity, a lot of the naval submarines and other places as well. The technology around it is vastly superior to nearly every other form of generation we have.

There are people who will wail against coal, which rightly so, produces a lot of pollution. With this in mind, to replace coal with nuclear would have an absolutely immediate impact on air pollution. People who are against coal should be in favor of nuclear.

Wind and solar together at the moment to don't equal the wattage output of nuclear. The two are years away from legitimate consideration. Most of the plans to expand solar and wind are done at a fairly big cost bullet. More over, the production of solar cells take place in China for the most part. This county is not known for its safety and pollution controls.

If all countries went 50% nuclear by 2020, would that hurt or help the environment immensely. The argument can be made that it would have an extremely positive effect on nature, air, water and our wallets. Feedback is welcome as this is only an opinion peace. We as consumers need to address things with an open mind.

Sequestration

There has been a lot of talk locally here in Michigan about a clean coal plant that might be built in Holland. I am torn about the entire idea. The positives from the idea would be a lot of government money, 150 million dollars to be exact. The economic trickle of jobs taxes paid and workers hired would be immense. However, has sequestration really been truly tested as a viable way to may coal legitimately clean. I hope people have feedback on this.