Posted on 03/27/2008 6:26:26 AM PDT by thackney
Have a Nissan Titan which I drive around 62mph, and keep 41 psi in tires. Have 317 hp and 385 ft/lbs torque and the mileage is so good that if I told you, you would call me a liar--and I would not argue. LOL
Oh I definitely take it series as a heart attack. I commute to work on a bicycle and on it I really notice when my tires are low. It produces a ton of roll resistance. This also causes me to notice all the cars I bike by with low tires. Not only are people wasting a ton of gas, they are ruining their tires. I use a foot operated tire pump to keep all my tires slightly over inflated knowing they will gradually deflate.
Section 201 (J) The term "renewable fuel" means fuel that is produced from renewable biomass and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a transportation fuel.
Unless Shell has stumbled upon some wholly novel scientifc process, the production of its new fuel will occur in a facility now producing fuel grade ethanol.
Isn’t 41 psi over recommended inflation? I keep mine between 35 and 38. If 41 is safe I might increase to make up for the decrease in mpg due to 10% ethanol blending going on around here.
The Renewable Fuel Standard requires 36 billion gallons by 2022. 21 billion gallons is required to be obtained from Advanced Biofuel. Advanced Biofuel is defined as renewable fuel, other than ethanol derived from corn starch, that has lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 50 percent less than baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.
Eggzactly!
Whether you love ethanol or are a tool of the evil oil companies, the notion that Congess can command the market is just a little bit ludicrous.
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I can agree with some form of support for domestic fuel production. I think that would be best accomplished by tariffs on foreign sources; nothing else should be needed.
Read the range of pressure printed on your tire. It can vary between types and manufactures.
However, in rush hour traffic no vehicle outside of hybrids will get good mileage, when one is just sitting there...
Yes, and if we’d only listen to that profound expert, Jimmy Carter, we’d slow down to 55 MPH and save even more!
Sorry, but I have no sympathy for this BS. Easterners and coastal elites might like this “solution”, but in the intermountain west, I have somewhere to go and I want to get there today. I’d be much happier if I could get the speed limits raised to 85 during the day, on dry roads.
Power elites know most Americans have your opinion--so why stop raising crude and gasoline prices, hmmm?
I like and need my truck and I'm not going to trade it for a Korean matchbox by being ignorant or stupid.
thackney, good advice. Must be the tire size I’ve been following recommended pressure on tire. I have been told about a “friend of a friend” getting around 22 mpg. No details on how though. I get about 15 mpg which is as good as my 1993 Jeep Cherokee with more power and 4wd and room for the kids.
On thread topic, I hope this technology pans out it would fit infrastructure as it stands with minimum public impact.
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