Sorry, that has been done, it wont work, they would just raise the prices even more to make up the loss. There's a great demand for it and alternatives are basically unknown.
How about boycott the close to $1 of hidden tax. If you see $3.00 at the pump rember that $2 is gas and $1 is tax. Two entities are taking money from you in the transaction: one is the petroleum companies that explore, drill, refine distribute, and sell the stuf and they take in billions. The other, the goverment, takes in trillions and doesn't propel your car.
Well this one day activity doesn't make any difference on prices because Oil buy oil from it and its not make much effect on our one day off.
now you're thinking on the alt energy. you know what bugs me? it seems like very few car mfgs are concerned with improving the overall MPG of the average vehicle.
I have a car that runs on E85....so I have used it...here are a few things about E85...in SC, E85 cost about $.08 less than regular gas. However, with E85 you have a 25% decrease in HP and MPG (due to its high octane). So instead of getting 20 mpg (example), I would only get 15. I actually ran it in my Tahoe (which I get 21+ on the Hwy out of), and I was getting 13.8 hwy with E85. E85 is simply not worth it. Plus, E85 actually cost more to produce, and raises the price of corn for the average consumer. Its a no win situation. The solution is to start drilling, and drill quick. The US has some of the biggest oil fields in the world (gulf of mexico and ANWR)...lets quite being dependent on OPEC and use what we already have.
it's as big as 25%? I thought it was less but you're right, dependency on OPec nations is bad news - the longer we delay the worse off we will be. Didn't the 70's teach us anything???
I prefer toll roads. You know that probably a nickel of every tax dollar is productive and the rest is wasted.
GM makes over 30 models that get over 30 miles to the gallon highway. Toyota offers a lot but not as many, in fact just about all manufacturers offer such cars and in many cases, the low demand for them doesn't cover their cost. So don't bag on the manufacturers. If you want to bag on someone bag on the cities that don't have traffic flowing any better than it was in the 50's . Bag on people who have unneccesarily big vehichles. Bag on people who commute more than an hour a day.
good point, but car mfgs could still try to make more efficient vehicles. but then again, if they do not have demand for higher gas mileage vehicles, it's stupid in the business sense to make them... kinda catch-22 with drivers, manufacturers, and the gov'ts tax collections
I wish this could happen, but it never will. People need to get to work, school, etc. so it really can't happen. It could, however, have a fairly deep impact if about quarter or so didn't pump gas on that day.
Only way it would work is if people stopped driving. Not pumping gas is meaningless. Just means people will do it the next day. If everyone bought Prius's instead of SUVs then gas prices would drop.
To add to that, petrolium is not only used by cars. How about we ask the airports to shut down for a day? Or the harbors? It's just not done. BTW - Filled my 50 post quota for the day. Im off
no more Nascar, dragsters, etc Not to mention countries like China who are ramping up their consumption. I think they are right behind the US now for usage??
Why a Prius? There are many other hybrids from Ford, Honda, Chevrolet, Mercury, Lexus, Nissan and most of them don't look like a car to send your daughter off to college in and are more practical. If you are going to promote something, maybe you should promote Ford Escape or Saturn Vue Green Line. Don't mindless slam SUV's, a bigger factor is distance driven. My 16 mile round trip commute in my Vue uses a little over three gallons per week. A hybrid commuting 100 miles round trip will use more fuel. And what about pick up trucks, large status cars, limos, and the heavily subsidized city and suburban busses that run around town empty or with a few immigrants (maybe legal, maybe not).