No Kidding folks, there is something simple that we can do that would have as LARGE a POSITIVE impact on CO2 emissions as all the Wind Energy currently sited in the US -- and at a fraction of the cost (not that we're against wind).
The numbers on the impact of improper tire pressure are STAGGERING, and verifiable.
Several firms offer valve caps that turn color or light up if tire pressure is low. An easy solution.
These should replace pizza's and candy bars as fundraisers, they should be provided for free, or made part of the auto registration or inspcection process.
Very low cost. Surprisingly high impact.
If 20% of the improperly inflated tires in the US were corrected, the impact would be a savings of 1.7 Trillion Gallons of Gasoline per year, and 6.5 Trillion dollars saved. Want to confirm/dispute our calculations -- please debate the numbers.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plY2Q4hDAUmg4C2f_r9ALIQ
Congress knows this because they have tried to mandate tire pressure monitoring in all new vehicles. But there 240 Million cars in service today that could benefit from this simple improvement.
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great post...
That spreadsheet is not accessible to your readers... you should publish the spreadsheet and post that "published" link... In Google Docs, when you're editing the spreadsheet, go to the "Publish Tab and push the "Publish" button... then grab that link...
Gotta go buy my tire pressure measuring caps ;)
Thanks for the help. I guess when i clicked on the link myself it let me see the spreadsheet because I was already logged it. I'll correct the blog. Here's the published link
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plY2Q4hDAUmg4C2f_r9ALIQ
Thanks for the help.
BTW. I heard that Google's solar project has a 7 year payback. I'm guessing that includes incentives but if there is a published set of numbers on that i'd love to see them
Funny Video
http://alternativeenergy.com/edy
Colbert on tire pressure.
Hey, we called it.!
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