Sunday, March 11, 2007
Gasoline and energy density Think and Do #6
America uses three hundred and forty million gallons of gas each day and one hundred ten million gallons of diesel fuel. Each of us consumes the equivalent of five hundred gallons of gasoline every year. If we use diesel as the measure, our average is less; four hundred fifty gallons. That’s because diesel fuel has a higher energy density than gasoline. Nothing we have today takes us farther on a gallon than diesel fuel does.
America’s diesel fuel is dirtier than that sold in Europe but it is getting cleaner. With cleaner diesel we can expect more diesel cars are to be offered to American buyers in the next few years.
Decide to make the switch to a diesel (or a hybrid vehicle) and get the most out of your five hundred gallons each year. Doing so will make a big change towards a cooler future for all of us.
Roger Golden and Dan Manweiler
Think and Do Series #6
America’s diesel fuel is dirtier than that sold in Europe but it is getting cleaner. With cleaner diesel we can expect more diesel cars are to be offered to American buyers in the next few years.
Decide to make the switch to a diesel (or a hybrid vehicle) and get the most out of your five hundred gallons each year. Doing so will make a big change towards a cooler future for all of us.
Roger Golden and Dan Manweiler
Think and Do Series #6
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