A Way To Really Lower The Price Of Gasoline
By Sandi Moses, Fri Dec 9th

Every once in a while, someone starts a campaign to lowergasoline prices by urging everyone not to purchase any gas on acertain date. The chosen date is far enough in the future toallow for a massive e-mail and newscast campaign to spread thenews far and wide throughout the land and get everyone geared upfor the big day. The idea is that the resulting surplus ofunsold gas would force distributors to lower the prices in orderto be able to unload the stuff. There are two problems with thatidea: 1) almost no one participates and 2) those who doparticipate buy their gas either the day before or the day afterthe target date, so the net result is the same amount of gas issold and the price stays too high.

I have noticed that most drivers completely ignore the speedlimit on the freeway. Where I live, the freeway speed limit inthe city is 65 mph. It is quite possible to drive that fast inthe right hand (“slow”) lane and have people come up on yourbumper and give you an annoyed look as they go around youbecause they think you are driving too slowly! 80 mph in theleft hand (“fast” or “passing”) lane is normal, as are people inhurry braiding in and out of lanes because they think their timeis more important than yours and you are in their way. You mightnot want to hear this, but such driving wastes gas! The same gasyou complain and moan about every time you fill out at the pumpgets wasted out on the freeway by such drivers. Maybe evenYOU??? (Nah………..)

According to the website Howstuffworks, the best mileage can beachieved by driving between 40-60 mph. Now I’m here to tell youthat driving 40 mph on the freeway will get you one of threethings: 1) a ticket for impeding the flow of traffic 2) into -or becoming the cause of - and accident 3) killed. However,driving at 60 mph won’t cause any more dirty looks than drivingat 65, as long as

you stay in the right hand lane. You won’tcause any accidents, and you won’t get a ticket for impedingtraffic. Again, according to Howstuffworks, gas mileagedecreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. So you are wasting gasand wasting money by driving faster than 60 mph.

Now I can hear you already: “But, I’m late!” Plan ahead, andleave a couple of minutes earlier. Think about it for a minute.If you drive 65 mph for one whole hour, you will only be 5 milesfarther down the road that if you drove 60 mph for that samehour. Those of you who spend a whole hour commuting are usuallynot driving 65 miles. You are driving more like 10 miles,crawling along at jogging speeds. This won’t work for that sortof commute. However, if your drive is such that you have theoption of driving faster than 60 mph, DON’T! Set your cruisecontrol at 60 mph, slow down and save.

The beauty of this system is that you benefit from it even if noone else participates! There is a very real possibility that youcould fill up your tank one less time per month. That would saveyou $20-$50 per month, which is $240-$600 per year. Spend it onChristmas presents. Splurge a little on your vacation. There arelots of ways you could enjoy the extra money. And if otherpeople participate, because more and more people would be buyingone less tank of gas per month, the supply really would go upbecause the demand really would be down, and that would meanlower prices which would benefit everybody (except maybe OPEC,and they don‘t need the money.) Try it!

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About the author:Sandi Moses has been involved in internet marketing sinceNovember, 2003. Visit her sites at http://www.123iwork4me.comand http://www.123-home-based-business-works-4-me.com.