Oil Consumption

IronGoth · Oct 26, 2005

There are NO viable alternatives to oil...

Piney · Nov 27, 2005

Today it is $1.89 per gallon.

freesmile · Nov 28, 2005

IronGoth said:

There are NO viable alternatives to oil...
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exactely thats why i walk everywhere

thespeez · Nov 28, 2005

Mellow Yellow said:

I've got a VW Jetta TDI, gets 49 mpg (according to the specs, but I don't think it's quite that high), and it's got 220K miles, still reliable as hell. I'm looking into making biodiesel for it, found a cool websight:

www.biodieselamerica.org
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Way to go! As mentioned earlier, I was and still am reluctant to get a VW because of the reliability factor. It's too damned bad that Toyota and Honda don't make diesels for the American market. I'd probably buy one in a heartbeat if I had the money!

Mellow Yellow said:

If we could all cut down on consumption, we could put the oil cartels and the oil men in the white house out of business, then there wouldn't be a need to send our youth off to muslim countries to get slaughtered...
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AMEN! Moreover, we could reduce drasically if not almost completely our dependence on foreign oil if we were to use hemp as fuel!

bamboo · Jul 17, 2006

inzgary said:

We have reached the point where the entire supply of the Earth's oil is 50% depleated. And nobody can miss the fact that gas prices have risen very high. People need to learn to conserve oil and recycle waste oil properly. There are so many people who drive those gas guzzeling SUVs or pickup trucks when they don't need them. For example a person who lives alone driving an SUV or someone driving a pickup truck just to look cool rather than haul loads. I think the worst of them all are the people who dump their waste oil out in the woods or in a stream. Another problem are the people who rely on cars to take them just up the street when they could walk there. I have alot of experience with engines so heres a tip to save you some $$: when you get gas and you have the choices REGULAR, PLUS, and PREMIUM you only need PLUS or PREMIUM if your vehicle's manufacteor requires you to use it to prevent knocking or if your vehicle's engine is knocking when regular is used. Knocking will result in serious engine damage. Most cars can use REGULAR. You may hear PLUS or PREMIUM burns cleaner or it makes your car go faster and run better but this is all not true. Tests were done to confirm this. Making the right choice can save you alot of money.

Here are my tips for oil conservation:

1. Buy a small car with good gas mileage rather than a huge gas guzzeler. Hondas and Volkswagens are known to be fuel efficient.

2. Keep up with getting your car serviced especially if it has a carburator. A well maintained car gets better gas milage.

3. Recycle waste oil. Dumping it out where it doesnt belong is not only a waste but also bad for the enviroment.

4. Use 4 stroke cycle engines rather than a 2 stroke cycle engine (the engines in which you must mix oil in with the fuel) wherever possible. However, it is impossible to use a 4 stroke in a chainsaw or leafblower because 4 stroke engines must be operated upright.

5. Never remove the muffeler from a 2 stroke cycle engine as unburned gas can escape without it. A 2 stroke also tends to run terribly without a muffeler.

6. Propane water heaters are more cleaner and efficient than diesel and gasoline water heaters.

7. Unless you are physically disabled, there is no reason to drive your car when you need to travel short distances. Walk or ride a bike.
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one of the largest uses of oil and oli products isn't even on your list. That is non-recycled PLASTIC packaging and plastic stuff in general. The box that houses the computer, the monitor and the keyboard that you and I are using came from oil. Much of the packaging and dunnage material that it cam in came from oil. ANYTHING made from plastic probably came from oil from hotdog wrappers, to styrofoam cups to rubberbands on the daily newspaper etc...if its plastic it was once probably oil. How many of these things can we do without or do with in a different more recyclable mode???

gardener · Jul 17, 2006

The petroleum industry is dedicated to huge profits no matter what you do to conserve. But if it makes you feel better go right ahead.

LdyNimue · Jul 17, 2006

I don't have a car right now so i'm under foot power.

spooner · Jul 17, 2006

freesmile said:

exactely thats why i walk everywhere
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Everything you buy that wasn't produced locally is shipped using petroleum products. as well as a significant amount of food is produced with petroleum-based fertilizers, as well as a significant amount of the electricity you use comes from oil-burning powerplants.

etc. etc.

Bumble · Jul 17, 2006

I don't know about any of you people, but I get sick everytime I fill my tank up. I feel like the man is sucking all of my money away. I also feel like I'm adding to global warming. I own a 6 cylinder chevy lumina. I hate it. I'm saving up to get a VW desiel car to do the whole biodesiel thing.

Irish Drunkard · Jul 21, 2006

Bumble said:

I don't know about any of you people, but I get sick everytime I fill my tank up.
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I know the feeling. I get it every time I have to fill my truck up.

I am curious to know why people think that conserving gasoline doesn't somehow matter. Whats it to you anyway? Are you invested in ExxonMobil or something?

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