Jul
8
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to this blog. Thanks for visiting!The 2008 Ultimate Gas-Savers Guide
I have just come across a very good package of E-Books, information, and even software which will help you get spend less money on get with gas mileage improvements and other gas-saving tips and techniques.
This [...]
Jul
4
There has been a lot of hallaballua on the media about hypermiling, and some controversy on whether or not it is a “safe” practice. At this point it is beginning to appear a bit over-the-top.
Is hypermiling safe?
Well, the answer to that really depends on how you apply hypermiling.
Anything, taken to extremes, can become dangerous. It [...]
Jul
4
I’ve come across some recent blog posts which give very good explanations and first-hand experience regarding some of the safety issues connected with hypermiling. I also notice that no one is really saying not to hypermile, but they are saying to hypermile safely.
Unfortunately, even some of the hypermiling techniques advocated on Wayne Gerdes’ forum (Wayne [...]
Jul
3
This recent post from Survival Matrix has some interesting gas-saving tips which I have not seen so broadly repeated as others.
This blogger also lists out some useful reference tools that have been beneficial in getting better gas mileage.
One of the posts he mentions I think deserves specific note. You may have seen the posts [...]
Jul
3
While some rant and rave about the dangers and risks of hypermiling (referring to unsafe tactics that are used by some insane drivers), sensible and ethical hypermilers continue going calmly about their work to get better gas mileage.
A recent blog post at The Commute gives one example of how applying only a couple of safe [...]
Jul
2
I’ve come across some new ways to improve gas mileage which I think are worthy of note.
There is an excellent blog post at Hypermiling: Optimize Your Driving.
Gas prices have reached $4.21 per gallon!!!
This blogger has compiled 450 tips he has found and read, about how to get better gas mileage. Some of these tips even [...]
Jul
1
The news is filled with stories of the dangers of hypermiling.
Which is the result of a few idiots using unsafe hypermiling techniques to try to get better gas mileage despite risking the safety and lives of themselves, their passangers, and others.
What is nice to see is that some people are still using safe and [...]
Jun
30
Gas Prices are Making a Difference
In an Odd Sort of Way
I found a very interesting post at the Ecomodder Blog describes the effects that gas prices have had on the overall gasoline consumption in the US, which describes the effects that gas prices have had on the overall gasoline consumption in the US.
According to the [...]
Jun
30
Unsafe Driving Practices that Waste Gas
The subject of hypermiling has come under controversy in the media because some people do stupid and dangerous things which they call “hypermiling” to “get better gas mileage.”
I almost don’t want to list these idiocies because I don’t want to give anyone ideas. (Like telling a kid “don’t go [...]
Jun
29
In May of 2008, with gasoline prices climbing to unprecedented highs and oil prices rocketing past anything that’s ever been seen in the past, the United States Congress finally called oil execs on the carpet to explain why. One by one, executives from each of the 5 largest oil companies, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips, Shell [...]
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