With gas prices reaching an all time high in the US, the St. Pete Times has a list of things you can do to improve your gas mileage. It starts out with nonsense like this:
“I used to drive 10 miles over the speed limit, figuring I could get away with that,” said Rodriguez, 37, a sales representative from Tampa. “Now if I’m on the interstate and the speed limit is 65, I drive 55. If it’s 70, I drive 60. I read that the 55-to-60 range is where you get the best mileage, and I do see a difference.
Problem is, people pass her, lay on the horn or even cut her off.
“I’m not going fast enough for them,” she said. “I don’t care. I’m saving money, and they’re not.” St. Petersburg Times
Before ending a 900 word article with this gem of wisdom:
Buy a new car
Assuming fuel costs of $3 a gallon and travel of 15,000 miles a year, the difference between a vehicle that gets 20 mph and one that gets 30 mpg is $750 a year, or nearly $3,000 in four years. St. Petersburg Times
Wow. Who knew things have to change to change?
Nah, let’s just tell people they can piss everyone off by driving slower instead of telling them outright that if they have obscenely huge and/or inefficient car they will pay obscenely at the gas pump. I can just see that never-ending rush-hour traffic jam on I275 “drive slower” to conserve energy.
