FCNP: Eco-Driving

BabyPeanut · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:20 am

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Peak Oil Crisis: Eco-Driving

If you are not yet ready for eco-driving, you will be soon. Once gasoline reaches five dollars or more per gallon, drivers will have only one concern about their vehicles’ performance: “How do I get the most distance out of this tank of gas for which I just paid so dearly?” Performance, acceleration, speed limits, radar detectors, speeding points and all the other concerns that grew out of cheap oil will disappear before the altar of miles-per-gallon. This is where eco-driving (getting the most out of each gallon) comes in.

--more at Falls Church News-Press--
Thank Ineffible! No more BS about electric cars from FCNP.

MD · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:27 am

Yes, the gimmicks from the 70's will return. Overinflating tires, additives, slow driving, weight reduction, carbuerator tricks(although modern vehicles are less given to these), airflow tricks, removal of air conditioners.

Personally, I can stand $20+ per gallon for my 95 mile round trip commute, but I don't think my job will survive more than about $6.

BabyPeanut · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:30 am

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

EnemyCombatant · **Joined:** Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:00 am **Posts:** 934

Does heat [in the car] use up more gas?

BabyPeanut · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:51 am

EnemyCombatant wrote:

Does heat [in the car] use up more gas?

I know A/C does make cars use more gas while idling. I think the heat just comes from the engine's heat which is plentiful.

dukey · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:00 am **Posts:** 2244

car engines are something like 30% efficient
most of the energy is simply dumped out the exhaust pipe as heat or the radiator

the heating inside your car most likely uses some of this

MD · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:38 am

The blower fan draws load from the engine, reducing mileage whether you are drawing heat or not.
You may actually get a very small but measurable efficiency difference, up or down, by pulling heat from the engine

EnemyCombatant · **Joined:** Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:00 am **Posts:** 934

So if you put your blower on low and just get the heat from the engine, you are probably being pretty efficient?

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