Gas boycott days, a sham

This whole not buying gas on a national boycott date doesn't work. Eventually you buy the gas, whether its the day before or after, so you really aren't hurting anyone. What we need to do is truly reduce our dependence all togther.




Make a real difference!:

*car pool or use public transportation.

*ride your bike more often

*plan your route so you make more right turns (left turns waste gas. UPS did this and have proven to save mega amounts of gas)

*fill up your tank in the morning, when the fuel is still cool (remember tanks are underground) and the liquid is more condensed.

*don't fill up on fast speed. going slow helps reduce vapors.

*if you have a diesel, convert it to bio-diesel, it's simple, and affordable.

*buy an electric scooter and recharge it with solar power. Link 1

*when replacing lawn equipment, go gas free with electric or manpowered. yes, reel mowers really work and brooms can still sweep leaves. There are even solar powered lawn mowers and some mowers can be converted to biodiesel too.

*open your windows more often, turn off that a/c or heater. a fresh breeze through the living room is a wonderful thing.

*stop buying petrol based products (like non-organics.) did you know that fertilizers are made w/ petroleum based products...so switching over to organics will help reduce our dependence on oil.

* buy local produce. buying local obviously saves petrol because your kiwi isn't shipped from new zealand. Link 1

*buy alternative "plastics" made from vegetable cellulose. Link 1, Link 2

*take your own cotton bag(s) for all shopping. plastic bags are made from petroleum.

I've heard that filling up in the morning really does work.

Also, you can buy gas from companies that don't use forgein oil. I saw it online somewhere. I'll try to find that list. I want to say it was the smaller gas companies.

Pssst - don't bother.  That list is a myth.

There's also little if any benefit from getting your gas in the morning or from pumping the gas at a slower rate.

Since I drive a Hybrid, I boycott buying gas for 2 weeks at a time, average tank milage about 455 miles.  Then when I do buy gas it's usualy 10 gal or less.  So if people really wanted to hurt "BIG OIL" companies the best way would be to have more Hybrids on the road. Or better yet... when the upcomming electric cars start hitting the market buy one of them and boycott the gas companies FOREVER.  Just my thoughts on gas boycotts that never work.

Okay, who cloned me?  Fess up.

we have a hybrid too. which is most helpful, but cutting petrol use even further is key. since our other car is a sorta gas guzzling min-van (better than a suv, but not much) i've just put 1/2 payment down on a moped/scooter. it's a 150 cc and gets 80+ mpg. rockin! i pick it up in two weeks. i made this drastic move because i just got promoted to dept. manager at the health food store and it's at the north end of town. so i'll be making' that trek 5-6 days a week. couldn't consciously drive the mini-van all that much and feel good about it.

i ask 1 major thing from you all, Pray for me! i am a bit nervous about riding a scoot. done it years ago, but it's not me i'm worried about, its people not seeing me.

so to all you scooter riders out there! unite in good vibes of protection!!!

sorry for my totally derailment of thought.

Aw no electric moped?

Mopeds are safe, I wouldn't worry about it.  They don't really go fast enough to get into any serious danger.

I'll be pulling for you OrganicGal, hah. I was in Thailand a few years ago and rented scooters over there...talk about a harrowing experience. I was nervous and totally unfamiliar with driving on the other side of the road.

Anyway, good luck!

That's actually not true.  Electric vehicles (including mopeds) have more 'zip' than equivalent gasoline powered cars, because electric motors reach peak torque immediately whereas combustion engines have to rev up.  Thus electric vehicles accelerate more rapidly.

As for top speed, that just depends on the motor.  My iMoto2 only has a top speed of 20 mph, but that's just because it only has an 800W motor.  The Zapino has a top speed of 30 mph, but that's just because it's electronically limited (so it can qualify as a moped under California laws).  With its 3000W motor, a Zapino can accelerate so fast that you can barely hold on, and could go much faster if its top speed were not electronically limited.

As another example, the RMartin EVD also has a 3000W motor but top speed isn't electronically limited, and it can go up to 50 mph.  It will also accelerate fast enough to give you whiplash if you