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Dave, you need a stronger call to action. Give a specific date or get folks rallying today. Keeping the pressure high is a good thing.
But the statistics I saw said that an estimated 25% of automobiles have under-pressured tires by 5 to 9 psi, and that you can save 1% of fuel consumption per 3 psi correction. So let's go with the high number. 25% of automobiles could save 3%, meaning we could cut gasoline consumption by automobiles by less than 1%.
And that's just gasoline, and just automobiles, not the country's total oil consumption. So saving "up to 4% of the oil we use" is, at best, an overstatement.
We should do it, but it's not the foundation of an energy policy.
I hope Obama regains his footing at the convention.
Oh, I can hear the networks and advertisers crying.
Yes, we do need great national projects. This is not one of them. This is auto-maintenance 101. Like changing your oil every 3000 miles.
Which, I might add, is when most drivers also get their tire pressure checked.
Dave, when I read "And listen to this carefully" -- what I hear in my head is Obama saying "Understand this..." (which he does frequently). Well, dig this. This race is now McCain's to lose. If your man isn't up by 10-15 points in the polls by Oct. 1, he's toast.
With all due respect Laura, I don't think "shiny" has that much to do with it.
(and for what it's worth, I check mine about the first of each month. You might have a slow leak which needs repair. Stay safe...)
Adobe was able to save $1.2 million a year in their San Jose offices, but it took 64 little projects to add up to that amount. My favorite was a $200 cost in reprogramming the fans in the parking garage saved $98,000 a year.
This effort was led by George Denise of Cushman and Wakefield, the facilities company that actually owns and runs Adobe's offices.
We have neighbors who take turns going to work because it's too expensive to gas up two cars at once. They can't afford to ignore a message like this.
So are the tolls. Are those windfall toll profits for Exxon?
That $1000 increase for gas is less than my property tax increase over the same period.
And much less than my other taxes. Oh, and no economic stimulus rebates here.
Now that people have actually started to drive less, the local and state governments are declaring jeopardy due to decreased tax revenues from fuel spending.
Will they tighten their belt? Cut spending? Or increase taxes?
What would Obama do?
There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy. Making sure your tires are properly inflated — simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling — if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You’d actually save just as much!
And then see if there's one liberal that isn't ripping McCain a new one for saying it... Just curious...