The Poverty Jet Set - Latest Comments in A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

Julia Roy — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:08:33 -0000

Wow, never knew that temperature affected gas that much. Interesting.

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

Xstamper — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:09:56 -0000

Great article. I agree about the "image of a hybrid" not really helping the environment, but it's a start. Shoot, the biggest polluters of CO2 emissions are humans....when we breathe. Dang, now that creates a quagmire doesn't it? I personally am lucky, because my small town in Oregon has free buses, which I take to "commute" to work. I guess we all have to decide to live/work in a better situation than drive all over the place.
Cheers.

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

Taylor — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:04:52 -0000

To save gas, I like to pretend I'm a hypermiler...not using breaks, coasting, etc.

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

magdalenus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:47:00 -0000

Well, okay, I was just slightly skeptical of this email (as I am with all the forwards my grandfather sends... he's sent some wacked Fwds in the past). But I do feel like I read something about this in WIRED or something, that gas mileage goes way down during the summer months because of more rapid evaporation in gas tanks.

@blackmailismylife: True, critical mass bike rides won't save the earth, either. But I do get a little annoyed by the self-righteousness people tend to get with they buy a brand new hybrid and act like they're "doing their part." That's bullshit and we all know it. Buying a brand new car, made of thousands of brand new materials shipped from all corners of the globe, to a factory in Asia, then shipped complete on big tanker ships to the United States is far less saving the world than, say, driving your old beater '85 Honda Civic until the thing dies.

But all those arguments will be moot soon anyways, what with gas prices pushing $100/barrel and China lifting it's cap on subsidized fuel. Ain't gonna be no gas nohow.

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

blackmailismylife — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:15:13 -0000

Yeah it's spammy. Also, I think that it's fair to say that hybrids are improving the situation, since as you note, suburbanized America requires a ton of car travel, so whatever consumers might do to affectively upgrade CAFE standards helps. Sure it's a Reaganite mode of voting with one's wallet, but it's not like Critical Mass protests are doing much more than pissing people off.

Re: A Geek’s Guide to Saving Gas

iConJohn — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:05:38 -0000

Oh I got so screwed for not knowing these rules. I just spent over a $1200 for new fuel injector etc. for running the tank to fumes. Thanks Mark! Twitter Networking!