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Lead into Gold via UNLEADED RIGHT-FOOT |
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New bumper sticker available now: 
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Looking for a way to turn lead into gold? UNLEADED RIGHT-FOOT is a new message out from the Drive 55 Conservation Project, and a bumper sticker is now available to put other drivers on notice that they are behind a conservation minded driver.
Studies and real world experience has proven beyond doubt that slowing down to obey speed limits, never exceeding 55 MPH, will save between 20% & 50% of the fuel used. See http://Drive55.org to review the many studies and Real World Vehicle Efficiency Reports archived online for your convenience.
Remember, the United States could stop importing oil from the mid-east by simply slowing down and restoring the national 55 MPH speed limit because less than 20% of our consumption comes from there. The rest comes from Canada, Mexico & Venezuela, and of course our own wells that at one time lead the world in production.
Part of the problem is the way cars are designed to accelerate quickly and achieve high speeds with very little awareness or effort by the driver. These overpowered and oversized monsters are more often than not carrying just one person - think about it, we use 2 tons of technology to move a 200 pound person around, this means that about 5% of the energy consumed is actually moving the person, the other 95% is moving the car!
Why not try and do this more efficiently? We can start right now by ending the race-to-the-next-red-light mentality and by requiring manufacturers who want to sell their products here to reduce the weight and horsepower significantly. Of course few current elected leaders will be willing to support this because they thrive on fuel taxes, citizens will need to take the lead so the politicians will follow. That has been the point of the Drive 55 Conservation Project since it was conceived shortly after 9/11/01 with the slogan "Fight Terrorism, Drive 55"
Now, with motor fuel hovering around $3 per gallon, there is more incentive than ever to reduce consumption and save money for our families instead of funding more war over oil and regional control to protect 'American interests'. Please visit http://Drive55.org soon to get your UNLEADED RIGHT-FOOT bumper sticker and take the pledge "To obey existing speed limits, never exceeding 55 MPH".
Thanks for listening,
Tim Castleman
Founder, Drive 55 Conservation Project
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Speaking at a climate change conference in Miami, California Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger said drivers can do a lot to cut fuel costs by driving slower.
"Who can cut (costs) down is you, you, you and you," Schwarzenegger
said. "You can cut it down. Take your car, for instance. Go and get the
perfect tire pressure. Tune up your engine. Drive slower." He went on to say "energy prices are not going to go back to the good
old days" and it is "bogus" for politicians to promise otherwise."
"Politicians have been throwing around all kinds
of ideas in response to the skyrocketing energy prices, from the
rethinking of nuclear power to pushing biofuels and more renewables and
ending the ban on offshore drilling," Schwarzenegger said. "But anyone
who tells you this would bring down gas prices any time soon is blowing
smoke. I think that people should really be in charge of their
own destiny and how much they want to pay for fuel, not wait for the
politicians," he said.
The Drive 55 Conservation Project is delighted with the Governor's message and hand delivered a Thank You letter with Drive 55 bumper stickers to his office in Sacramento today. Leadership in the legislature also got a letter and some Drive 55 bumper stickers hand delivered to their offices in the Capital, inviting them to 'Lead by example'.
Quote sources:
Sacramento BEE
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1042081.html
LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/
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