Archive for October 2009
What is the gas mileage on a 1970 Chevy Impala?
October 30, 2009
I’m doing a project in my business class and we have to figure out the cost of a car. I found a really nicely kept 1970 Chevy Impala with a 350 v8 automatic. However, we need to find out the cost of gas per month and to figure out the approximate cost of gas, I need to figure out the gas mileage on the Impala, but I can’t find it. Any help?
I would say around 15 mpg
What alternative energy ETFs should I buy?
October 30, 2009
I’m not confident with my abilities to invest in individual stocks and thought an ETF would be a good option. Would an alternative energy ETF be a good investment now? Any recommendations for which ones? Thanks.
Here is a list of all alternative energy ETFs with some description of each.
http://etf.stock-encyclopedia.com/category/alternative-energy.html
But I’m not so sure that alternative energy investments would bring good profits. Alternative energy might help the economy in general by keeping energy costs down and decreasing pollution. But in terms of making profits, I don’t see it as a big money-maker.
In most cases, it’s cheaper to extract oil and gas from the ground than to produce alternative energy. And even when the oil runs out, every country and every company will be free to get into the alternative energy business. And when there is a lot of competition. Then profit margins are unlikely to be high.
How do we eliminate the profiteers from the clean energy movement?
October 30, 2009
Reading some of the blurbs in the news this morning, and came across an article on T. Boone Pickens, one of the worst oil/gas magnates in America, approaching the Senate to become a provider of wind energy. The same people that profit from countless years of fossil fuel abuse now want in on the green movement. Does anyone else see the absolute hypocrisy in this?
While, yes there may be some degree of hypocrisy, those people who have been making billions off oil and gas are the people with the resources to give clean energy cheaply to the majority of people. That, and they have a right to make money. If the product they sell (oil/gas/coal) becomes obsolete and remains unused, then hundreds of thousands of people will be out of a job. Finally, I personally see nothing wrong with a LITTLE hypocrisy to further a good cause.
Better Mpgs Fact or Fiction
October 30, 2009
The price of gas is constantly on the rise and all of us are looking for ways to combat the ever increasing cost to our pocket books. Some of us are looking to buy smaller more fuel efficient vehicles like hybrids or the small econobox cars. However some of us really love the vehicles we drive and don’t want to give them up especially for a hybrid or econobox no matter how good on gas they are.
Yeah that’s right some of us so called macho types pretend we like filling up those duel tanks and don’t we know it, we certainly haven’t responded to the high price by selling any of our gas guzzling vehicles. Well here are some facts about hybrids, econoboxes and regular vehicles that might make you feel better about not wanting to give up your favorite vehicle. You may also find they help you to improve your mpgs without trading in your vehicle for something you hate just to get better mileage.
Thinking of buying a hybrid? Well here are some points to ponder before you buy one. Hybrids get there best fuel economy in stop and go traffic because the engine shuts off when the car is stopped and the car runs on the battery. However this is not the case on the highway. Also do not modify your hybrid by putting special tires or other modifications, because it can drastically change your fuel mileage and depending on what you do to it may even void your warranty.
If your going to buy an econobox there’s not much I can tell you they tend to get very good mileage. The problem with these vehicles is safety and driving pleasure. In my experience these vehicles offer little of either.
Should you go with an automatic transmission or manual? Nowadays, automatics are increasingly better at shifting than the average person, at the most opportune time. In some models automatics are actually getting better mileage than the manual version of the same car. Manual transmissions however are still lighter in weight and commonly have more gear choices. For now I’d still go with manual transmissions for better mileage and just plain fun.
The more torque your engine has the easier it is to get up to speed without effort, because when the engine doesn’t have to work as hard you save gas, obviously! That’s why a diesel gets better gas mileage than a gas engine, as much as 30 percent better.
So as you can see it all depends on how you drive. There are lots of ways you can reduce your gas consumption without giving up your favorite vehicle. Watch for up coming articles on some new and fantastic ways to save on fuel.
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Ken Flegel
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/better-mpgs-fact-or-fiction-80386.html
Air Cars: Fuel For Free (Well Almost)
October 30, 2009
Jules Verne would be right at home with today’s emerging car technology. Although compressed air technology was used in pneumatic locomotives and trams in the late 1800s, widespread commercial use in cars was partially blocked by pressure from the oil industry by the 1930s. This is of course should not come as a surprise to the reader since new information about GM’s electric car of the 1980s has recently surfaced (but that’s another article). With the race on to find eco-friendly fuel alternatives, air cars rate up high on the efficiency vs. clean fuel alternative ratio. Although in the past people have bantered around the idea of an air car, the ultimate clean air car may be closer than you think.
How does it work?
An electric pump compresses air into a tank at high pressures and stores energy. As the air escapes, it pushes against the pistons, similar to a combustion engine. Compressed air is stored in large cylinders underneath the car, and the only emission into the environment is cold air. In fact, the tailpipe air emissions will be cleaner than the air going in since the air is run through carbon filters to remove dust, dirt and other impurities that could curb engine performance. This makes the car especially attractive to emissions activists, worried over global warming. Not only that, but the energy it does use is minimal compared to other future cars such as hybrids or bioethanol, which employ still controversial energy conversion techniques that can have an adverse effect on the environment and economy.
Zero Pollution Motors, the U.S. licensee of Luxembourg-based Motor Development International, has an air car scheduled for production in the U.S. in late 2009 or early 2010. To fill up, just stop by your local compressed air service station for a few minutes, or plug into an electrical outlet at home for four hours. At speeds over 35 mph this particular air car uses small amounts of fuel to heat air inside a heating chamber and allows the car to get to an estimated top speed of 96 mph.
Infrastructure.
No major infrastructure is necessary to support the air car, other than a high pressure recharger around 300 psi. This of course makes the Air Car very attractive since most of our stumbling blocks when it comes to finding an alternative to petroleum are infrastructure changes. Clearly, service stations could change system configurations to accommodate widespread needs for compressed air. While fossil fuels are still needed to generate electricity to recharge, there will still be a net energy savings and reduction in CO2 emissions and pollutants. Of course as wind and solar energy are used more and more as primary energy generators then the electricity used to run the car’s electric pump will also be from clean sources.
Air cars have a promising future and are one of the major hopes for an easier than expected transition into a new clean fuel era. It is going to be exciting to watch these early air car prototypes transform and grow into viable vehicles for the 21st Century.
Andrew Beckers
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/air-cars-fuel-for-free-well-almost-536966.html
Indycar Series to Use Pure Ethanol for 2007 Season
October 30, 2009
alternative fuels have been receiving much attention lately due to the increasing awareness of global warming and the dedication of the U.S. government to reduce dependency on foreign oil. Several companies in the alternative fuel industry have been making great leap in the development of fuels which can be substituted for gasoline.
Biodiesel is one of the alternative fuels being developed along with ethanol. Currently, there are already cars and vehicles on the road which run on fuel composed of ethanol and gasoline. The use of ethanol is widely supported by the government since it is proven to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Recently, ethanol, as a substitute for gasoline, found a new ally in the form of the IndyCar Series. The open-wheel racing series highlighted by the famous Indianapolis 500 will use pure ethanol as its fuel for the upcoming season.
The series will be making motor sports history when it opens the season with the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 on March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The racing series will be the first ever motor sport which will use pure ethanol as fuel for the supplied 3.5 liter Honda Indy V8 engines. The sport will be setting the record for a racing series to use a renewable fuel which is a step towards the “Greening of Racing”.
Ethanol will replace methanol which has served as the fuel of choice for the series for over forty years. Tony Kanaan, the series’ champion in 2004, has this to say about the use of ethanol: “The IndyCar Series jump to ethanol has been great. We are definitely on the right path with ethanol. There is more power with the new (3.5-liter Honda Indy V-8) engine. It runs clean and it is better for the environment. So it is a win-win situation, and that is great for the series. Ethanol is another alternative to gasoline. If we can show that the IndyCar Series cars can run ethanol, then it is good for everyone’s street cars.”
The use of ethanol in vehicles such as those used in racing is a good choice since the fuel possesses characteristics which suit the need for more power of these race cars. Ethanol has a higher octane rating than methanol. This means that ethanol resists premature detonation better than the previously used methanol.
Premature detonation reduces the amount of power generated per volume of fuel. Knocking also increases the fuel consumption since the engine needs to compensate for the loss of power by providing more fuel to be burned.
In cases of high performance vehicles, the 113 octane rating of ethanol is more desirable compared to the 107 octane rating of methanol. The fact that ethanol comes from agricultural products which are renewable adds to the appeal of the fuel as a substitute for gasoline and in the case of racing, methanol.
For all the power provided by ethanol, it produces fewer emissions than either gasoline or methanol. The cool looking cars of the series, although without headlights which makes them not applicable to have that Lund look of high quality headlights, are driven up to speeds of more than 230 miles per hour surely needed that extra power from ethanol.
The clean efficiency of ethanol has really received a good ally in the form of the series. The cars will have more power while producing less harmful emissions. And this means that both popular racing series, the alternative fuel industry, and the environment as well as the public will benefit from this action from IndyCar.
Jenny Mclane
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/indycar-series-to-use-pure-ethanol-for-2007-season-118911.html
More Customers Opting for Alternative Fuel Cars
October 30, 2009
The prices of gas and fuel have already gone down but it seems like the market has already learned much during that experience. You see, according to dealers and retailers as well as manufacturers of vehicles in the auto market, more and more American customers are purchasing cars and vehicles that run on alternative fuel. The list of alternative fuel vehicles include those hybrid vehicles as well as those that could run on diesel and ethanol.
According to Fred Webber, the current president and chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, “Our priority is to get the word out that alternative fuel autos are on sale now, and these vehicles are the quickest way to reduce gasoline use. No one wants to see high gas prices and concerns about energy security, but the good news about today’s energy situation is that more Americans are purchasing one of the many fuel efficient automobiles on sale today.” The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is actually an organization that represents nine of the automakers which sell their products around the globe as well as in the United States.
Sure enough, more and more people are opting to own one unit of these alternative fuel vehicles. One thing is that they would be getting much on savings. Fuel prices may have gone down but the alternative sources of energy for a vehicle to run do cost much, much less. Plus, maintaining them is not that difficult for many replacements parts for these alternative vehicles are readily available in the market along with other partslike Pontiac performance parts. The auto world is now opening up their arms to these alternative fuel vehicles so much so that keeping them in good condition now becomes an easy and economical task.
Webber even further adds, “Every model of auto is available today with some kind of fuel efficient technology, such as variable valve timing, continuously variable transmissions, and cylinder deactivation. We urge all consumers to check out these fuel efficient options on dealers’ lots today.” The list of fuel efficient vehicles in the market includes hybrids like the Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius, the Ford Escape Hybrid, and the Toyota Sienna Hybrid.
Stacey Wilson
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/more-customers-opting-for-alternative-fuel-cars-52961.html
Improving Gas Mileage Using a ScanGaugeII
October 30, 2009
MPGomatic demonstrates how a ScanGaugeII can be used to develop driving techniques that can dramatically improve your gas mileage.
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Alternative Energy Capacity! Cheap Electricity!
October 30, 2009
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By constructing the magniwork power generator, you will be able to generate completely free electric energy, meaning , create energy without needing any source of renewable or non-renewable energy. The generator powers itself and creates energy by itself, without requiring solar energy, heat, water, coal or any kind of resource. This generator powers itself and works indefinitely, without stopping, creating a large amount of energy. Here are some of the benefits that Magniwork has:
Works in every home, it requires only a small amount of space
You can eliminate your power bill by 50% or even completely, depending on how you implement the magniwork generator
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Our easy-to-follow guide will show you how to construct the Magniwork free energy generator, which will run infinitely and create free electric energy. This method has been thoroughly researched, and is currently considered as a possible mean of completely solving the energy crisis. A Magnetic Perpetual Motion Device much like Magniwork refers to a device that works perpetually i.e. indefinitely, and produces more energy than it consumes, which ultimately results in a surplus of electrical energy which can be used to power your home.
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Solar Power – Some Useful Information That You Should Know
October 29, 2009
Solar energy presents a whopping advantage to the environment and to the consumer alike in many cases. Solar energy is not surprisingly fully renewable and completely clean for the environment. As the world becomes more and more highly populated and more people call for more power, renewable energy sources become important.
Naturally, to a degree, it does depend on where you live. There is not a great deal of pointing getting a solar energy plant at your home if you do not get an adequate amount of sunlight. In saying that, places which do not get an adequate enough amount of sunlight are few and far between, so you must do your research before removing it out.
In the event that you want to partly power your home with solar power, then there are a load of options on hand to you. In the event that money is of a major concern, then you may perhaps wish to ponder paying money for one of the do it yourself kits. These are becoming reasonably popular and they are not as difficult to get to grips with as you might think. In fact, you may even find the process relatively enjoyable.
In this respect, you should be able to cut your electricity bills very significantly, so obtaining solar panels can be an enormously good investment in the longer term though they do cost quite a lot to buy up front. Although, if you’re interested in saving money in the longer term basis, they can be very good.
A solar panel kit does cost quite a lot of money however. If money is one of your principal concerns, then you may possibly want to think about it do it yourself kit. Building your own solar panels is nothing like as hard as it might seem. You can uncover plenty of tutorials on the Internet together with videos which will walk you through the process.
To cut down on your electricity bills and make installing solar energy worth it, you will naturally need to live in an area which gets an sufficient amounts of sunlight. Most areas of the world get enough sunlight to be able to profit quite considerably. You will want to look into this beforehand however, of course.
In some parts of the world, if you make more power than you are actually using, you can even sell it back into the grid and get paid for it. There are a huge number of cases in which a domestic solar power system can be of great benefit to you financially and economically.
At Envirotech Summit you can find out more about how solar energy can be used if you are truly interested in a more eco form of energy production.
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