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Glenn on August 31, 2005 - 11:42am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
You're right Spooky, this is a moment when people would be willing to accept sacrifices to help fellow Americans. I think the President should call for voluntary commitments from all levels of society to reduce fuel consumption with a target of decreasing our usage of oil by 1m bpd by the end of the year and then put into place a series of reforms to help push the nation beyond that goal in the future. That would at least focus people's attention on the issue.

If he mentioned Peak Oil, I'd fall off my chair

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louGrinzo on August 31, 2005 - 1:36pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
1mb/day by YE05?  That's pretty mild.  If all we did was change our driving style, we could easily save 10%, or 2MB/day, and that's without even taking other steps to minimize the number of miles driven.

There is a LOT of "low hanging fruit" in US oil consumption that could yield some pretty impressive savings with no need for a single person to modify their current vehicle or buy a different one.

(There was an article on Green Car Congress recently about a guy who drove across Australia and improved his MPG by 30% with only driving technique.  He got, I believe, 68MPG from a diesel sedan--no hybrid, no car mods, no special fuel.  With less attention to detail than he showed, I'm sure we could all get 10%.)

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louGrinzo on August 31, 2005 - 2:34pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Obviously a 10% savings on gasoline would be about 1.3mb/day for the US, not  2mb/day.  

(Note to self: Posting with a killer sinus headache is not a good idea.)

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Prof. Goose on August 31, 2005 - 4:50pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Lou, as someone with migraines now and again, <Clinton voice>I feel your pain.</Clinton voice>
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