Yeah, some people probably get sick of reading about my MPG exploits.  My wife says I’m an anorak, which I don’t think is a good thing. 
Took a long highway trip today, and managed 34.2 mpg round trip - 280 miles all told.  The only difference I did between this and other road trips [...]

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I currently don’t drive much, so when I do I tend to be more aware of others’ driving habits than I used to be.  Maybe it’s the speeding tickets I’ve had over the years, or maybe I’m just getting old, but I don’t tend to drive very fast anymore.  If anything my wife thinks I [...]

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Not too much to say on this, but I filled up last night and calculated I’d managed 32mpg in the car.  Mind you, I had only gone through half the tank (but with gas prices continually going up, I figured I’d refill now) - 6.4 gallons took me 205 miles.  I had usually had anywhere [...]

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I was reading up on carbon offsets - buying, selling, etc. - and got to thinking that I could let people pay me to not pollute.  I’m not sure I pollute all that much, but certainly between my wife and I we create *something*.  So I’ll stop, or reduce my footprint as it were, for [...]

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I test-drove some “mpg caps” last summer in an effort to determine whether they delivered any benefit. My results after one month of driving were pretty abysmal. Before the test, I tested my driving for a month and was getting around 23 mpg. During the test I got between 23 mpg and [...]

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I was at Home Depot today and picked up 4 CFL bulbs as a bit of a test.  4 “60 watt equivalent” cost me $7.97, so about $2 each.   I haven’t bought ‘regular’ bulbs in awhile, but Lesley did pick up a pack some time back.  If I recall, the GE ‘long life’ ones [...]

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