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Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
2183 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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Replying to: kernick (Oct 12, 2009 9:23 am) Oh, well then, lower gasoline prices are just around the corner! 
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Replying to: kernick (Oct 12, 2009 9:23 am) I averaged about 450 gallons of oil per year, so at $5.62 per gallon, I was looking at around $2500 per year just to heat the place! I knew the heat pump would make my electric bill go up, but I figured there's no way it would make it shoot up $2500 per year. However, with oil down to around $3.00 per gallon, well that's around $1350 per year. At that point, the savings is a bit more iffy. This past winter, I did have one electric bill that ran around $514 (our electric rates shot up...leave it to me to switch energy sources just as one drops and the other rises.  ) However, this has also been the coldest winter we've had in about 5 years, so if I was still on oil, I probably would've used more than my 450 gal/yr average. I probably made the best choice in the long run, but I was mentally kicking myself for awhile. Anyway, if nothing else, I freed up an average of 450 gallons of oil per year that can now be allocated elsewhere. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 12, 2009 11:45 am) For example if natural gas production were to decrease each of the next 5-10 years what would people do for heat? Some would turn to coal, but for the cleanliness and ease factor many would convert and burn heating oil. In many ways energy is just one big pie-chart. And if we put a lot of windfarms in and produce relatively cheap electricity, then yes that does free-up oil for other uses such as diesel vehicles. Because energy demand keeps going up with population growth we need to use all forms of energy. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 12, 2009 6:47 am)
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 12, 2009 6:59 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 12, 2009 5:54 pm)  Seems to be quite a few public CNG stations down in Utah on the interstate corridor, mostly for semis. Apparently someone down in Reno has figured out how to generate power from geothermal wells that doesn't require the superheated water that the current ones have. Right now you need 225°F to 360°F water for a "binary" plant (one's in Mammoth CA and there's one at Raft River here in Idaho), or over 360°F for a "flash steam" plant. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 12, 2009 6:12 pm) They are not stripped down with zero luxury options - you can outfit them to the max. Every carmaker needs a "bottom feeder" vehicle. The Fit and Yaris are that car, but they are nowhere NEAR the stripped-down versions of econoboxes you could buy in the 80s and 90s. |
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 13, 2009 6:53 am) So if you think 29 MPG on a Fit is real great I don't know what to tell you. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 13, 2009 4:26 pm) My old 85 Sentra would do 40 mpg on the highway without breaking a sweat. Try that with a current Sentra.
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Replying to: fezo (Oct 13, 2009 5:45 pm) Granted, I don't want to every drive an '86 Escort or anything from '86 again.
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