thinkprogress.org — Earlier this week, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) noted that ?making sure your tires are properly inflated? is one of the ?things that you can do individually?to save energy,? adding that ?we could save all the oil that they?re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups.?
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ridgeliner7Aug 1, 2008
Buried as inaccurate bulls**t. Gingrich didn't make that claim, "The Chosen One", Barack Obama did. He also said keep your car tuned up, when everyone knows cars no longer can be tuned up, they are run by computers, spark plugs aren't even changed before 50,000 + miles.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2008
Uh, actually properly inflated tires DO help with gas mileage.You can get better mileage by pumping them up real tight, but it's contraindicated by the owner's manual.For the rightards who are going to bury this without reading it:"The Department of Energy estimates that (based on gas costing $3.96/gallon), “you can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 percent by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure” which would ultimately save “up to $0.12/gallon” or, nearly the amount of the federal gas tax ($0.18/gallon), a tax Gingrich supports repealing. Moreover, the auto industry agrees with DoE’s assessment."Terrible title, I wouldn't digg it at all but it'll piss the rightards off.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2008
All the statistics being cited are based on the erronous assumption that no one's tires are properly inflated. This isn't actually going to save any energy because only a complete drooling imbecile doesn't already have their tires at 25-30 psi. The author is starting from the assumption "Everyone's tires are underinflated" and then figuring out how much energy we could save if everyone inflated them.
rahulbrownAug 2, 2008
Actually, the biggest thing we can do to save energy is not waste food. Food production is the #2 biggest use of energy and greenhouse gasses. We waste half our food supply, and still have 35 million people go hungry every day in America!<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/food_drink/America_s_Shocking_Hunger_Problem/">http://digg.com/food_drink/America_s_Shocking_Hung ...</a>That needs to get to Digg's front page!
dumbledoritoAug 2, 2008
If you'd had the intellectual curiosity or even a working index finger to click the link, you'd see the full headline was: "Clueless Gingrich Claims Inflating Car Tires Properly To Save Energy Is ?Loony Tunes?"The submitter didn't bother to truncate the headline to fit the Digg submission field's character limit.And some cars still can be tuned up; we have quite the fleet of pre-computer vehicles on the roads. Plus, "tuned up" has come to, at least in my area, include changing your oil and air filters, your fuel filter, etc. or anything that's considered "routine maintenance."But nevermind all that; go ahead and keep on fuming and foaming.
dumbledoritoAug 2, 2008
I've noticed that there are both: Free and pay air pumps.The 75 cent ones most often have a built-in air guage and give you actual air pressure. The free ones are mostly underpowered (barely decent for bike tires) and require a separate guage to measure their progress.
trev0006Mar 5, 2009
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