Stretch Your Gas Dollars

By Blake Hygate

For years gas powered scooters have been the vehicle of choice
for broke college students looking for an economical mode of
transportation. This stigma has been associated with gas powered
scooters for a long time, but is slowly changing. As gas prices
rise, many are seeing motor scooters as a viable option when
shopping for a way to get around.

Gas powered scooters have gained recent fame with record high
gas prices because of their high gas mileage. In fact, motor
scooters get the best gas mileage of any commercially produced,
street legal vehicle on the road. Now with gas prices higher
than ever before, gas powered scooters are gaining the attention
of all sorts of drivers from college students to accountants.
With some scooters getting 100 mpg, it’s easy to see why they
are popular. Many motor scooters have fuel tanks that hold about
1 gallon, which means that a fill-up will only cost around $4.00
currently, versus $100 or more for an SUV!

For middle aged drivers, gas powered scooters are a better
option than a traditional motorcycle. Because scooters have
seating that allows the driver to get on easily, they are
popular with the aging population. Scooters offer a comfortable
ride and are fun to drive and some of the higher end motor
scooters come with such options as radios, windshields and
spacious storage compartments. If you’re looking for a motor
scooter that will replace your car completely in warmer
climates, a Piaggio MP3 or Suzuki Burgman are full of options
and have engines large enough to allow for safe highway driving
and extreme comfort for longer trips.

In recent years, it’s become a popular trend to try to find
transportation that will help reduce gas emissions. Gas powered
scooters use such a small amount of fuel that they emit
dramatically less emissions into the air. You can feel good
about driving a gas powered scooter knowing that you have
reduced the damage caused by vehicles that burn more fuel.

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You’ve decided to learn electric car conversion and why not? With the continuous increase of gas prices and the threat of global warming due to pipe tail emissions, it’s only right that we look for gas alternatives. It’s not difficult to convert and build your own electric car, just think- no more fossil fuel expense ever again. You can also let a professional convert it for you, but it would cost about $4000 while doing your own conversion can cost you just a few hundred dollars.

So, how do you start to build your own electric car? Read a lot of manuals and articles about car conversion, maybe you’ll get some good tips and advice you can use. Then, you’ll need a place big enough to work – home garage, shop, barn or even your driveway. Look for a reliable helper, maybe a friend or a family member, to hold tools and materials and to also help you out. Prepare common tools necessary – saw, wrenches, etc. Next, you need detailed plans of the process.

You will need a vehicle to convert. Small cars or small trucks work best. There are a lot of second-hand cars that one can buy inexpensively. Sometimes, when the motor is out, you can even get it for free. This is perfect because you’re going to take out the motor anyway. The trick is to find a car that’s lightweight but has a big storage capacity. You will need around 20 batteries to reach optimum range of your electric car, which means, battery placement is very critical in this process.

Converting a vehicle to electric is about balancing weight to its carrying capacity. There are a lot of places in the car in which to put batteries. Maximize the space, this way you can carry a good load too- whether passengers or cargo. Also, there are free sources of electric motors and batteries which can really keep the cost down. Conversion projects can be completed in just a week or two. Electric vehicles can travel over 50 mph and have a range of 200 miles between charges. It’s not slow as others perceived and the acceleration is just amazing.

Fuel prices have been extremely unstable in the past couple of years, the retail price has only been increasing and never on the decrease, forcing many people to think of cutting down on the usage of their cars and finding other means of travel. Did you know that prices for gas are expected to increase to over $7/gallon next year? It’s time you take action to help in meeting this pending economic crisis. Get started and build our own electric car now!

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Data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) indicates that certain states have much higher retail gasoline prices than others.The factors that contribute to both regional and local gas price variations are as follows:

1) Sales Tax Rate variations

2) Distance From Source of Supply Such As Ports, Refineries, Pipeline and Blending Terminals. In 2007 close to 70% of the crude oil that was processed by American refineries was imported by way of ocean tankers. The source of approximately 40% of the gasoline produced in the US is the Gulf Coast, which is also the origination point for a majority of the major gas pipelines.

3) Disruption In Supply Such As Maintenance Of Refinery Operations - planned and unplanned - slows or shuts down gasoline production. An example of unplanned shutdowns are when the Hurricanes, Katrina and Rita in 2005 devastated the Gulf Coast. These events prompted bidding for available gas supplies. When transportation systems are unable to support the flow of supplies from region to region, prices will continue to be comparatively high.

4) Operating Costs and Number of Competitors - reflected in the prices which are often highest where there are fewer retail gas stations.

California Gas Prices - Why Are They Higher And More Variable Than In Other States?

1) California has relatively few supply sources for their unique blend of gasoline outside of their own state. This is due to the reformulated cleaner fuel program in California which is more stringent than that of the Federal Government.

2)  The state sales tax in California is 7.25%. Add to that the 18.4 cent per gallon Federal  and the 18 cents per gallon State excise tax and you have the highest total tax on gas in the nation.

3) Because of the state’s high demand for gasoline, California’s refineries need to be running at full capacity all the time. If multiple refineries experience operating  difficulties at the same time, the state’s supply can become very limited and as a result, prices climb to very high levels. The supplies on the Gulf Coast if available and ordered by California during one of these periods, can take a very long time to arrive due to California’s substantial distance from those sources. This long distance can keep the spike in prices go on longer and can make them higher.

4)  California is one of the states in the US that has banned Methyl Tertiary Ether (MTBE) after it was found in the water supply. In place of MTBE, Ethanol, a non-petroleum product
usually made from corn is being substituted.The way gasoline with Ethanol is produced and
distributed is unique and when this change was put in place back in 2003, prices surged during the transition.  Since then, similar problems have occurred in other regions as a result of similar fuel transitions in other states.

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