Anyone living on long island knows the gas prices are much higher here than other areas mostly due to extra taxes on gas. But from a high of $4.37 a gallon on average in July, 2008, gas seems to be on the decline with an average cost of $3.89 per gallon. While not earth shaking, it will help many save a few dollars per fill up. Why give more profits to these big oil companies who are reporting record windfalls of billions of dollars each quarter.
There are many ways to save on gas to keep the money in your pocket. The first and most obvious is to slow down on the road. Typically gas consumption is increased 10% if you go from 60 to 70 mph. Another helper is to keep your tires properly filled with air. When tires are under or overinflated, this creates less miles per gallon efficiency.
Avoid slamming on the brakes or gas will help as well. By hitting the gas at say a traffic light, the gas consumption is greatly increased as it takes such power to move a car from standing to moving. Give your car a chance and accelerate slowly. The people honking behind you will move over!
Using extras like air conditioning use more fuel but even alternatives like opening a window which creates drag lower economy so what are you to do? Just try to reduce the use of control the speed of the a/c output.
NCBD Friends
