Comments on: Turn Your Gas Guzzler Into A Sipper With My Top 5 Rarely Used Gas Saving Tips http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/ ArcStone employees / contractors practicing Internet alchemy - translating tech into vision and vision into tech.... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Loren http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4121 Loren Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4121 I've also heard that you should get gas only in the morning before it expands so that you're actually getting a gallon. :P I’ve also heard that you should get gas only in the morning before it expands so that you’re actually getting a gallon. :P

]]> By: Nicholas Longtin http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4122 Nicholas Longtin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:30:53 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4122 That is actually a common myth. Since gas is stored underground in large tanks the temperature doesn't change much like the air temperature does. It has been de-bunked by several experts. Read more <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PainAtThePump/story?id=5038652&page=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>. That is actually a common myth. Since gas is stored underground in large tanks the temperature doesn’t change much like the air temperature does. It has been de-bunked by several experts. Read more here.

]]> By: Sam B. http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4123 Sam B. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:41:39 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4123 I wonder if the personal fuel savings of ordering more online is offset by the increase in shipping fuel used. Obviously your one package may not make a difference, but on a large scale it means more trucks moving around goods, and trucks do not have the fuel efficiency of smaller vehicles, do they? I suspect, actually, that it is not offset; the net result would probably be a gain. But it is something to consider. I wonder if the personal fuel savings of ordering more online is offset by the increase in shipping fuel used. Obviously your one package may not make a difference, but on a large scale it means more trucks moving around goods, and trucks do not have the fuel efficiency of smaller vehicles, do they?

I suspect, actually, that it is not offset; the net result would probably be a gain. But it is something to consider.

]]> By: Nicholas Longtin http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4124 Nicholas Longtin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:03:50 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4124 That is a good point. I don't think trucks get the same MPG as small cars, but probably very similar to SUVs. One fuel advantage FedEx and Simon Delivers does have though is efficient vehicle routing. I am sure they expend as little fuel as possible in a day. I suppose if twenty people with Hummers went to Target for toilet paper it would be better for the environment if they ordered on-line. I doubt that's a very realistic scenario though. That is a good point. I don’t think trucks get the same MPG as small cars, but probably very similar to SUVs. One fuel advantage FedEx and Simon Delivers does have though is efficient vehicle routing. I am sure they expend as little fuel as possible in a day.

I suppose if twenty people with Hummers went to Target for toilet paper it would be better for the environment if they ordered on-line. I doubt that’s a very realistic scenario though.

]]> By: Technology Translated » Blog Archive » One Summer, One Tank of Gas http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4261 Technology Translated » Blog Archive » One Summer, One Tank of Gas Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:39:47 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-gas-guzzler-into-a-sipper-with-my-top-5-rarely-used-gas-saving-tips/#comment-4261 [...] check out Nick’s post on Gas Saving Tips for some more ways you can save on [...] […] check out Nick’s post on Gas Saving Tips for some more ways you can save on […]

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