What have you done to save on gas/energy?

Question

With oil still above 110 bucks a barrel, what have you done?

Have you stopped driving? Bought a moped, motorcycle or hybird? Have you kept the Air conditioning above normal temp. ? What all have you done and what are some ideas?

Answer 1

- Take public transport

- Switching on fans instead of air-cons (I do switch on air-con sometimes,hehe)

- By lowering the air-con temp to 25 degrees

- Switching off electronic devices when not in use wherever I go.

Answer 2

Buy a bike and use it regularly. Avoid car use as much as possible.

Answer 3

We converted our vehicles to run on hydrogen.

let me start off by saying Hydrogen is a great option for the concept of free energy.     I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago. Have converted over 50 vehicles in the last 10 years (hydrogen and EV) and now currently run 2 trucks (and another EV), my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen for free with caught rain water and the help of a $10 solar panel.  I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.

There are basically 3 safe ways to make and use it... chemically, electrically and molecularly, the first 2 being easier so I'll only discuss them here. The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their vehicles or home on hydrogen safely. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com

    On demand h2 generators are a bit different from the Hollywood versions like seen Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, that tend to explode violently every time a film is being made. However when used in an on-demand system there is no storage of hydrogen and oxygen in its gas form, only liquid (water) and is only transformed into gas “on-demand” in small cylinder size amounts. It’s actually safer then gasoline as it doesn’t evaporate, creating explosive fumes in the tank like gas. the following were actually taken out of my $5 guide available at www agua-luna com

    Chemically

    1. You’ll need a 6inch x 1ft schedule 40 pvc pipe. With pvc cement glue a cap on the bottom and use a s***w on cap for the top. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, s******g in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).

    2. Now crunch up a couple aluminum cans (beer cans, soda cans etc) and drop them into the pvc pipe, along with a couple cups of lye (Red Devil drain opener has lye in it, some Clorox and Drano’s do to).

    3. Then simply add water, s***w on the top and wait a few minutes.

    What happens in simplicity is that aluminum and lye don’t really get along so they battle, and as always the innocent civilians (water H2O) that the most casualties, by giving up its hydrogen and oxygen. This then builds up in the void of the pipe and is ready to be vented into your engine, by opening the valve. You may need to start your engine on gas then switch it off after the hydrogen starts burning.

    Electrical is a bit easier then Chemically.

    1. Simply take a small solar panel 1.5 amps is what I use ($9 at harborfreight.com), connect the 2 wires from the panel +- to 2 conductors (carbon cores of batteries work well, just be careful removing it from the jacket), but any conductive material will work ie. Copper, aluminum, steel, etc.

    2. Drop the wires into a water tank (I use 55gal drums), make sure they don’t touch each other.

    3. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, s******g in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).

    4. Then simply add water, s***w on the top cap and wait.

    After a few hours tiny bubbles will form and rise off one conductor (that’s hydrogen) and even smaller bubbles that just looks like foam will rise off the other (oxygen). I don’t remember which likes the positive and which likes the neg hydrogen or the oxygen.

    The third method is more complicated and is what I use for my vehicles. It’s just a modified Joe’s Cell, there’s a step by step DIY guide available to walk you threw the process here www agua-luna com

It also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail.

www agua-luna com

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Answer 4

Well my friend is a electricity broker. He deals with 25 different providers and found me the lowest deal. You can go to visit his site at www.coach-you-for-success.com/Electricit...

For Gas I am using this AWESOME oil additive. I have reviewed several oil additives and after research this is one of the few that does not cause side effects. I am saving over $288 using this. The company also says that for every$1 you spend you are to save $2 and if for any reason you are not satisfied they will refund your money.

Here is where I found more info out about it http://oiladditive.tagzap.org

I hope that helps..

Answer 5

Tore out my AC last year (now its easier to change the fuel and oil filters), walk or bike most anywhere I can (under 15 miles), got a job that's a 3 minute walk from my bed, changed my air filter today at lunch.

Answer 6

My car only goes to the grocery store, and post office, same trip, every 3 days.

sorry we don;t run the air conditioner at all.

$5 gas last us 3 weeks.

Answer 7

Years ago I decided to work at home which saved in so many areas of my budget.  It's also given the freedom of no commute time to spend in more cool ways.

Now that gas is high, I batch my trips to town.  Actually sometimes because I don't head out to get something the same day, I find an alternative and don't need to buy it at all.  Makes your brain a bit more creative.

It's fun doing all my errands one day a week.  It has added time to my schedule to do a lot of fun things and schedule some personal development courses that I enjoy (voice lessons at home and more time for reading)

Answer 8

I bought cars that run only on natural gas (methane). I can fill up for $10, and it's much cleaner for the environment. Love 'em!

Answer 9

Run your dishwasher only at night when it won't heat up you and your living space...

Use ceiling fans to cool your skin several degrees - you can keep your house temperature turned up several degrees higher...

See the following web page on the Top Ten Tips to Save Energy at Home:

http://www.building-your-green-home.com/...

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

Try a new system that can convert your car to burn water rather than gas...

You can learn more in this site http://water4gas.milliondollars2u.com

Answer 11

Well, I don't drive at all... Public transport and my own two feet take me wherever I need to go. Bicycles are great too.

As for ideas, try switching off lights when you leave a room, or keeping as few on as possible (i.e. if you're reading in bed, you don't need to have the hallway lights on as well, you know). Don't leave your computer on when you're out of the house/not using it - put it on standby or sleep or something. Air-conditioning eats up a lot of electricity.. I suggest that if you're not living in an Asian country (like Thailand, where it's 30'C or more all the year around), you probably don't need the AC on most of the time.

Install or buy a ceiling or table fan - you'll save energy and money.

After all, it only takes a little bit of effort from everyone to make a big difference :)