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My name is AJ. I am a 30 year old mother of one child.
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Gas Prices are RIDICULOUS!!!
I ORGINALLY CAME TO SQUIDOO TO START A PETITION TO LOWER GAS PRICES. IN EFFORT TO START MY OWN PETITION I CAME ACROSS A PETITION WITH OVER 11 THOUSAND NAMES ALREADY ADDED. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, SO LETS ALL PULL TOGETHER AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
Also included 11 tips for saving on gas and alternative fuels.
Enjoy!!
Contents at a Glance
PETITION TO LOWER COST OF GAS
Over 11 Thousand votes already. Add your Vote!!
- SIGN PETITION HERE
- George W. Bush needs to be reminded that his administration's approach to managing our national economy affects us all!
11 TIPS FOR SAVING ON GAS!!
- TIRE PRESSURE
- Low tire pressure can lower your gas mileage, make your car handle poorly and even lead to blowouts
- USE A GAS REBATE CARD
- Paying for your gas purchases with a rebate card can give you up to 10% cash back on all the gas you purchase - automatically . The most popular gas rebate cards are offered by Discover®, Chase, and American Express®. Refer to the charts to your right for a comparison of current offers and links to their online applications.
- PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
- The best possible way to conserve gasoline is to use public transportation or car pool
- USE YOUR CRUISE CONTROL
- Using cruise control on the highway is a great way to regulate your speed and, in turn, improve your gas mileage. By avoiding fluctuations in your speed, you can save as much as 5% on gas.
- Driving Economically : Automotive News
- Automotive News articles featuring Driving Economically related topics in addition to the latest auto industry related news articles and automotive know how articles.
- ROUTE
- FIGURE OUT THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION!!
- CAR MAINTENANCE
- Routine maintenance will ensure that your engine not only performs well but goes a long way in conserving your fuel usage.
- EXTRA WEIGHT
- Are you carrying any unnecessary items in your vehicle? Removing "dead weight" can increase your gas mileage by as much as 2% for every 100 pounds you remove.
- OBSERVE SPEED LIMITS
- Drive at the speed limit. You don't get better gas mileage if you speed. Drive the limit, and drive at a consistent speed. You should take care to follow all the posted speed limits so that you do not have to speed up or slow down suddenly.
- GET CASH BACK
- Some credit card providers offer a cash back reward for gas and auto maintenance purchases, as well as other purchases made with the card.
- AVOID EXCESSIVE IDLING
- Avoid warming up your car engine for too long, even when it is cold outside. Your owner's manual will tell you how long you should warm up your car. This action results in gas being wasted.
Alternative Fuel
- WATER
- Convert Your Car to BURN WATER--Double Your Mileage!
- SWITCHGRASS
- Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.
- Ethanol
- Promoting the benefits of ethanol nationwide. Ethanol delivers great engine performance.
- PROPANE
- Learn more about the alternative fuel of the future that's clean, abundant, and ready for use today.
- HYDROGEN
- Hydrogen (H2), the lightest and simplest fuel, is being explored as a fuel for passenger vehicles.
- Biodiesel
- Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel that can be manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. It is safe, biodegradable, and produces less air pollutants than regular diesel.
- ELECTRICITY
- Electricity can be used as a transportation fuel to power battery electric vehicles (EVs).
- Methanol
- Also known as wood alcohol, methanol can be used as an alternative fuel.
- Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
- Ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) is diesel fuel with 15 parts per million (ppm) or lower sulfur content.
WATER
- Run Your Car on Water
- Would you like to find out how to run your vehicle on water and stop wasting money on gas?
- Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News - Turning Water Into Fuel
- A member supported weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society, Chemical And Engineering News covers all the news of the chemical world including science and technology, government and policy, and business
- FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News)
- FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) %u2015 It has been said that we are smarter than the internal combustion engine.
As gas prices continue to skyrocket, many of the planet's best and brightest minds are thinking of new ways to use new energy sources as fuel. - WATER
- Free Energy Motors and Generators. Built, Designed and Engineered by David Waggoner and Creative Science and Research.
ETHONAL
- Fuel Ethanol Production: GTL Systems Biology Research
- Applications of the GTL knowledge base will target critical DOE mission challenges in energy security, global climate change, and toxic waste cleanup.
- RFA - Resource Center - How Ethanol Is Made
- How Ethanol Is Made
- EIA - Biofuels in the US Transportation Sector
- Biofuels in the U.S. Transportation Sector
- The Truth about Ethanol
- Ethanol is a promising alternative fuel that has the potential to help reduce gasoline use and global warming emissions. But, in the near term, the greatest oil and consumer savings can be realized through improving the fuel economy of new vehicles. Such fuel efficiency gains will contribute to a mo
SWITCHGRASS
- Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures
- Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures
- Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn Does: Scientific American
- Midwestern farms prove switchgrass could be the right crop for producing ethanol to replace gasoline
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Scientists Study Feasibility of Switchgrass for Energy Production
- Iowa State University Department of Agronomy
- sing science to fuel and feed our global society
NATIONWIDE GASOLNE STRIKE
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WHAT SHOULD GAS PRICES BE?
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Funny Bumper Stickers!!
Slow Down and Save Gas bumpersticker
Slow Down and Save Gas (Pro-Earth Conservation Bumper Sticker on Driving Habits)
Highway Robbery Sticker (Bumper)
Highway robbery high gas prices t-shirt. T-shirts and gifts expressing our frustration with ever rising prices at the pumps.
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thisistherealme
Great Lens. We need more participation in order to get the government to do something about gas prices. Posted May 20, 2008 |
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CleanFace
Nice lens! 5 stars given! :) Posted May 17, 2008 |
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The_Book_Garden
You americans don't know you've been born! When it comes to gas prices have you seen what we're paying in the UK for it? Almost double what you are! And you wonder why we don't have the number of Huge Gas Guzzlers driving as you do! Posted May 14, 2008 |
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EelKat
oh... btw, I totally agree with going on a gas strike, but I just don't know anyone who would do it. I've already done it. I have no car, and walk or car pool any time I need to go anywhere. Posted May 13, 2008 |
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EelKat
I question milk prices over gas prices, actually, as my family uses more gallon of milk than we do gallons of gas, and quite frankly we can not afford to pay $5.49 for milk anymore, if it goes over $6 we'll be switching to powdered milk. Posted May 13, 2008 |
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tdove
Great idea on the petition and great lens. Thanks for visiting my lens Can You Really Burn Water in Your Car?. Posted May 12, 2008 |
