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What Is Worse Than High Gas Prices? No Gas Prices

Posted by Sean | September 15, 2008 .

Yesterday was… odd? eery?… I’m not sure the right word.
DW and I went out for a quick trip of groceries and gas. On the way back, we saw a gas station with no cars and no prices. Popular station, no way they went out of business. But we were not planning to use that station [...]

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Prius Owners: Are They Bad At Math?

Posted by Sean | July 18, 2008 .

Lately in the mainstream media and on personal finance blogs, I’ve have seen comments that people are uninformed or have poor math skills if they buy expensive hybrids. Hmm… why do people say Prius owners are bad at math, but not people who own Hummers?
Is it assumed that the H2 owners derive so much pleasure [...]

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Locking-In Low Gas Prices vs. Locking-In High Fuel Efficiency

Posted by Sean | July 1, 2008 .

Lately, there’s a buzz over programs to "lock in your gas prices" (Chrysler, MyGallons, etc) But are the program focusing on the price-per-gallon designed to treat the symptom instead of the problem?
These charts illustrate the total cost at gas prices from $2 to $7, if you drive 12,000 miles per year. The green line is [...]

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Spreadsheet: New Car Cost vs Old Car Cost, Version 1.0

Posted by Sean | June 4, 2008 .

Is It Worth It To Buy A New Car?
(Possibly a Fuel-Efficient Model?)
The goal is to make it easy for anyone to do an in-depth comparison of car costs.
Typically, this involves Old Car vs. New Car, although you could do New #1 vs. New #2.
Also, if you are curious about potential savings from fuel-efficient vehicles, I [...]

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What Happens if 100 MPG Cars go Mainstream?

Posted by Sean | June 2, 2008 .

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009-2010 at Sub-$18,000,
Could Hit 1000-Mile Range (www.popularmechanics.com)

To get an idea what happens before coffee drinkers have their morning coffee, I misread the above headline to say there would be a 1000 MPG car in development.
Yeah, the "2009 to 2010" should have alerted my coffee-deprived [...]

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What Will You Do If Gas Prices Go… Down?

Posted by Sean | May 29, 2008 .

Gas has been going up for what seems like forever.
Many market watchers say there is no end in sight.
Finally, we as Americans are re-thinking our relationship with energy from the ground up. Moreover, some people are acting on their findings:

driving less frequently
driving more efficiently
selling SUVs / trucks
selling boats / "toys"

This a potential game-changer. In [...]

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Fuelswapping - The New Gas Game?

Posted by Sean | May 29, 2008 .

I’m locked in an epic struggle with David of DavidMakesCents.com to see who can improve fuel-efficiency the most in the next week. Okay, it is not a big deal, as I’m only making a few minor tweaks, plus I have no idea how hyper he is about hypermiling. Yet the pyschology is interesting. Will I [...]

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