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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (38559)	8/8/2008 12:36:29 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 224756

I repeat - Message 24820709

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (38559)	8/8/2008 12:54:45 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 224756

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (38559)	8/8/2008 3:56:04 PM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 224756

Wrong again, Kenneth We could save just as much gas by inflating tires and tuning vehicles as additional offshore drilling - only much quicker. Why am I not surprised that you defend this. Read and learn: Using the website FuelEconomy.gov, Verrastro writes, we can estimate that "the maximum (estimated) fuel economy (i.e., mileage) savings drivers could expect as a result of keeping their engines properly tuned (4%), replacing air filters (up to 10%), properly inflating tires (up to 3%) and using the correct motor oil (1-2%) is 18-19%. Since American drivers use roughly 380 million gallons of gasoline (not including diesel) per day, an 18% improvement translates into a savings of 68 million gallons, or 1.62 million barrels of oil per day." Current crude oil and condensate production in the OCS is about 1.25 million barrels per day. So... What does that mean? It means that if every American was running around with significantly underinflated tires and improperly tuned cars, then, yes, Sen. Obama is right, the savings from inflating the tires and tuning the cars could arguably match or exceed current output from the OCS. However, since estimates of significant tire underinflation affect only about a quarter of the cars on road -- as we noted above with the NHTSA statistics -- and it’s highly unlikely that 100% of the cars are in need of tune- ups at any given time, the maximum savings amount is probably closer to 10%, Verrastro says. "So the production offset is more likely to approach 800 thousand barrels per day – a tidy sum and a worthwhile target for savings, but not equal to OCS output," he rules. "Finally, without knowing what production volumes could be expected from lifting the ban on OCS drilling moratoria, it’s impossible to assert that taking these fuel savings actions would exceed future offshore oil volumes, and in fact, one might argue that the combination of achieving these savings AND developing new supply would doubly enhance US energy security." blogs.abcnews.com You are wrong again, Kenneth. You are such a DNC parrot! LOL! Diz-