TheIVJackal
Freedom through Jesus
Every 5mph you go over 60mph you lose 5-10% of your MPG! That’s like paying an extra $0.25-$0.50 per gallon at the gas station! Now, if we were to lower the national speed limit to 55pmh, we are talking about hundreds of thousands if not millions of barrels of oil saved daily just in the United States. This would in turn; lower out dependency on foreign oil, lower our green house emissions, and save everyone lots more money at the pump and at the stores. This happened back in 1973 during the oil embargo under the Nixon administration and I think we should do it again. Cheapest gas where I live is $4.10/gallon.
What are you guys willing to change for the betterment of our world? I've managed to only have to drive once a week to church now where before I was driving 3 to 4 times a week around town. Check out your local transportation services and see if it works for you! Try carpooling more or get that old bike of yours out and ride! Together, we can make some big changes but we all have to be on the same page. If you’d like to learn more about fuel efficiency, I wrote something up so that you can get upwards of 20%+ over the EPA MPG numbers for your car.
Learn to Hypermile!
If you have any questions, feel free to message me or post the question here on the thread, don't be afraid to bump the thread.
- Aaron
"2011, Americans consumed nearly 20 million barrels of oil per day while domestic production peaked at around 10 million barrels per day. The other 10 million barrels are imported."
- EIA.Gov
"In the year 2007, over 700 billion dollars flowed into OPEC from oil hungry countries around the world. How much of that money was given to support terrorist organizations?"
- American Energy Independence
"In 2010, a total of 10,395 deaths, or nearly a third of all motor vehicle fatalities, occurred in speed-related crashes. Based on a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes, speeding – defined as exceeding the speed limit, driving too fast for conditions or racing – was involved in 16 percent of property-damage-only crashes and 20 percent of crashes with injuries or fatalities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the economic cost of speed-related crashes is more than $40 billion each year."
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
What are you guys willing to change for the betterment of our world? I've managed to only have to drive once a week to church now where before I was driving 3 to 4 times a week around town. Check out your local transportation services and see if it works for you! Try carpooling more or get that old bike of yours out and ride! Together, we can make some big changes but we all have to be on the same page. If you’d like to learn more about fuel efficiency, I wrote something up so that you can get upwards of 20%+ over the EPA MPG numbers for your car.
Learn to Hypermile!
If you have any questions, feel free to message me or post the question here on the thread, don't be afraid to bump the thread.
- Aaron
"2011, Americans consumed nearly 20 million barrels of oil per day while domestic production peaked at around 10 million barrels per day. The other 10 million barrels are imported."
- EIA.Gov
"In the year 2007, over 700 billion dollars flowed into OPEC from oil hungry countries around the world. How much of that money was given to support terrorist organizations?"
- American Energy Independence
"In 2010, a total of 10,395 deaths, or nearly a third of all motor vehicle fatalities, occurred in speed-related crashes. Based on a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes, speeding – defined as exceeding the speed limit, driving too fast for conditions or racing – was involved in 16 percent of property-damage-only crashes and 20 percent of crashes with injuries or fatalities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the economic cost of speed-related crashes is more than $40 billion each year."
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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