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[Nomad]

McCain supporters decided to help out Obama with his energy plan.

The Page reported:



McCain supporters in Michigan will distribute tire gauges at Obama’s energy speech in Lansing.



The RNC will also deliver gauges reading “Obama’s energy plan” to Washington newsrooms.

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Proper Tire Inflation? Great. How About the Other Two out of Every Three Drivers?



The RNC is chuckling over Obama calling for voters to make “sure your tires are properly inflated” because “we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling if everybody was just inflating their tires.”

RNC spokesman Alex Conant responds, “Obama’s solution to America’s energy crisis is inflating tires?! Maybe he’s been out of the country too long.”

I'll give Obama a smidgen of credit, in that yes, having properly inflated tires can get you a few more miles per gallon.

"Running a tire 20 percent underinflated - only 5 to 7 pounds per square inch (psi) - can increase fuel consumption by 10 percent. That can easily cost motorists two or three miles per gallon. Not only that, but running underinflated also reduces the tire's tread life," said Bob Toth, Goodyear's general manager, auto tires.

However, this doesn't mean everybody can inflate their tires and get more mpg tomorrow. Survey information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that about one in every three cars has a significantly under inflated tire.

I'm doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation of how many gallons of gasoline that would save, daily and annually. But one of the problems of trying to contrast that total with the amount of oil produced domestically is that because of bans on exploration, it's tough to get a solid number of how many gallons of gasoline could be produced, daily and annually, by additional drilling.

Back in 2006, I was underwhelmed when Democrat leaders' national security plan included a federal "tire fuel efficiency program."

UPDATE: This article from U.S. News and World Report says the average worker commutes 33 miles between work and home each day and that the average car gets about 24 miles per gallon. Thus, the average worker is using 1.375 gallons per day.

Let’s be generous and say a properly inflated tire gives a full extra three miles per gallon. So a commuter who had previously insufficiently inflated tires starts using 1.22 gallons per day. They’re saving .153 gallons per day.

This 2003 press release puts the number of commuters in America at a little over 129 million. So we have one third of those commuters – 43 million – saving .153 gallons per day, or almost 6.58 million gallons.

(If the benefit of properly inflated tires is at the lower end of the estimate, only an extra two miles per gallon, it would save 4.94 million gallons.) That is a nice healthy amount, even if getting 100 percent tire inflation compliance in the country is an impossible dream.

But this 2006 report from the federal Minerals Management Service puts the recoverable oil from the Outer Continental Shelf at just under 86 billion barrels of oil; one barrel of crude oil yields approximately 19.6 gallons of finished motor gasoline.

So it would indeed be nice if Americans pumped up their tires sufficiently, and we started seeing some of that 4.9 million to 6.5 million gallons saved per day. But why it has to be an either/or in regards to the 1.6 trillion gallons of gasoline in the OCS (not even getting into ANWR), as Obama insists, is not clear.

UPDATE: The PowerLine guys and Hot Air do their own calculations — and their sources state, "Proper inflation can also improve gas mileage by more than 3%, when maintained regularly."

Hmm. In my math above, I've got it improving gas mileage 8.3 to 12.5 percent...

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I like this strategy. There is so much they are not going to be allowed to attack on without the R word being flung back at them, I think they have to use humor and gentle jabs to avoid having to go on the defensive too early here.

[Nomad]

flopstock;942839 wrote: I like this strategy. There is so much they are not going to be allowed to attack on without the R word being flung back at them, I think they have to use humor and gentle jabs to avoid having to go on the defensive too early here.


If I were Obamas campaign mngr Id instruct him not to reply. Turm Mcant into a non entity. Just ignore him as if there is no competition.

If he were forced to reply a mere roll of the eyes and a subtle snicker would suffice.

Frustrate the enemy.

[Snidely Whiplash]

Wow, this is BIG NEWS...!!!! :wah:

I never thought of adding air to my tires...??? Is that what those little stubby things sticking out of the tires is for..? I just thought they were "male tires"..? Lol... So that's really important huh..??? :-2

:wah::wah:

Does Barry really think nobody has ever checked tire pressure in their cars..? Does this guy really believe that most peoples cars have half flat tires on them, and that his ideas like this will somehow miraculously cause millions of people to inflate they're tires who without his insight would just keep driving on them until they go flat..?? My goodness, what a bunch of dunces he thinks the American people are...? But he's hinted at that time and time again so far in his run for office....? Does he know that every time you go into one of those "lube places" that change your oil while you wait, or many other places they routinely check tires for proper pressure... Is this supposed to be some kind of divine inspiration from the Messiah ..? What an idiot... As gas is $4.00+ a gallon, doesn't this goofball think we're intelligent enough to make sure our tires have enough air to get the most for our gasoline dollar..? I don't know about anyone else, but I started keeping my tires properly inflated when I was 17, and I certainly don't need Barry obamamama to inform me about it now...

It's almost as ridicules as Barry adding in that sentence about tire air pressure to also get a "tune up".... Good grief, cars haven't needed tune ups since the 70's, today’s cars have computers in them that tune them up 100 times per second for maximum economy... Is this guy out of touch with our everyday lives or what...!!!!

What a duefus........ Isn't it becoming sooooo obvious to everyone by now of Obama's political strategy...??? "If you can't fool them with fantasies, baffle them with BS"..!

I'm lovin watching this liberal psychotic compulsive liar and his America bashing wife shoot themselves in the foot every time they open they're inexperienced, misinformed, ill guided, mouths

No offense to anyone with an opposing view...

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Nomad;942981 wrote: If I were Obamas campaign mngr Id instruct him not to reply. Turm Mcant into a non entity. Just ignore him as if there is no competition.

If he were forced to reply a mere roll of the eyes and a subtle snicker would suffice.

Frustrate the enemy.


What do you mean 'turn him into a non entity'... isn't he already pretty much that?:wah:

[Nomad]

Snidely Whiplash;943640 wrote: Wow, this is BIG NEWS...!!!! :wah:



I never thought of adding air to my tires...??? Is that what those little stubby things sticking out of the tires is for..? I just thought they were "male tires"..? Lol... So that's really important huh..??? :-2



:wah::wah:



Does Barry really think nobody has ever checked tire pressure in their cars..? Does this guy really believe that most peoples cars have half flat tires on them, and that his ideas like this will somehow miraculously cause millions of people to inflate they're tires who without his insight would just keep driving on them until they go flat..?? My goodness, what a bunch of dunces he thinks the American people are...? But he's hinted at that time and time again so far in his run for office....? Does he know that every time you go into one of those "lube places" that change your oil while you wait, or many other places they routinely check tires for proper pressure... Is this supposed to be some kind of divine inspiration from the Messiah ..? What an idiot... As gas is $4.00+ a gallon, doesn't this goofball think we're intelligent enough to make sure our tires have enough air to get the most for our gasoline dollar..? I don't know about anyone else, but I started keeping my tires properly inflated when I was 17, and I certainly don't need Barry obamamama to inform me about it now...



It's almost as ridicules as Barry adding in that sentence about tire air pressure to also get a "tune up".... Good grief, cars haven't needed tune ups since the 70's, today’s cars have computers in them that tune them up 100 times per second for maximum economy... Is this guy out of touch with our everyday lives or what...!!!!



What a duefus........ Isn't it becoming sooooo obvious to everyone by now of Obama's political strategy...??? "If you can't fool them with fantasies, baffle them with BS"..!



I'm lovin watching this liberal psychotic compulsive liar and his America bashing wife shoot themselves in the foot every time they open they're inexperienced, misinformed, ill guided, mouths



No offense to anyone with an opposing view...




Just going out on a limb here but Im guessing your pro proper tire inflation and con Obamamama ?

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Their.... I said it... it had to be said....so I did...:D

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Nomad;943757 wrote: Just going out on a limb here but Im guessing your pro proper tire inflation and con Obamamama ?


Ya know..... When I heard Barry's "tire inflation energy plan" I laughed so hard it hurt.... My wife said, what will he tell us next from his chest full of wisdom, that if we'd all start cooking our chicken dinners we wouldn't get bacteria poisoning..?

Is it just me..? Or doesn't Michelle Obama give you that impression of the bitter angry nagging mother in law type that probably beats Barrack with her shoe regularly..? :wah:

I don't know...? It's all too scary to think about these two people ruling our country....

[Nomad]

Snidely Whiplash;946070 wrote: Ya know..... When I heard Barry's "tire inflation energy plan" I laughed so hard it hurt.... My wife said, what will he tell us next from his chest full of wisdom, that if we'd all start cooking our chicken dinners we wouldn't get bacteria poisoning..?



Is it just me..? Or doesn't Michelle Obama give you that impression of the bitter angry nagging mother in law type that probably beats Barrack with her shoe regularly..? :wah:



I don't know...? It's all too scary to think about these two people ruling our country....




The tire inflation thing wasnt meant to be a solution. Just good advice. The republicans turned it into something else. Its almost as ridiculous as the Moses ad Mcant put out. If he stopped listening to Rush hed be forced to have an original idea...........wait, now thats ridiculous.

And please tell me how you came to the conclusion Michelle is a bitter angry woman.

On second thought dont bother, its a direct Hannity quote.

You cant think for yourself either ?

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Nomad;946286 wrote: The tire inflation thing wasnt meant to be a solution. Just good advice. The republicans turned it into something else. Its almost as ridiculous as the Moses ad Mcant put out. If he stopped listening to Rush hed be forced to have an original idea...........wait, now thats ridiculous.

And please tell me how you came to the conclusion Michelle is a bitter angry woman.

On second thought dont bother, its a direct Hannity quote.

You cant think for yourself either ?


Oh come on, don't give me that...... Nobody turned his statement into anything else. Obama plainly said that inflating our tires would save as much oil as any new drilling would produce, read the transcript.. Thats a ridiculus untrue statement Obama made, like all his other made up nonsense that he studders and stammers through when he's not reading from a teleprompter... anyone who needs Barry to get you to keep air in your tires is a moron... Obama and his wife constantly put down Americans and this country, in almost every speech and speaking engagment they've made... Doesn't that bother anyone else..? I find it very offensive and insulting and find Barrack and Michelle Obama an embaresment.. I don't want a president who's always putting down America and it's people, I don't choose friends who do that, and I won't choose a president who does that... If you want to fine, it just says a lot about you...

Hanity..? I've listened to Michelles speeches and re-read them, hours and hours of them, putting down all of us and our country, and sounding like her and Barry are the only two people on earth that can save us from ourselves... The woman is offensive and insulting, and speaks like she and her husband are better than anyone else when it comes to anything.... That is why I dispise her, what has that have to do with hanity or rush...? Why is it that you lib's always make some comment about talk radio show hosts whenever you're trying to cover for another lib..?



The altered mind alters all.... Liberalism is a form of mental illness...! That's not my opinion, thats proven scientific medical fact...!

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:wah: No new oil, no new gasoline, no new refineries, no new nuclear power, no new coal for electricity, no new hydro electric, no no no..! Inflate your tires, buy a bicycle, wear a sweater in your house in the winter, and don't question the Great One...!!! :wah:

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[Nomad]

They put down the country

Im guessing you are referring to the "For the 1st time in my adult life Im proud of America ?"

Is that it ?

You dont know what her personal life experiences have been do you ?

Ive been disappointed and let down by this country and its actions, I havent always been proud of how we have presented ourselves.

What else ?

Also heres a snippet of an article on new exhaust technology.

device that surrounds an exhaust pipe could increase fuel economy in a Chevrolet Suburban by about 5 percent, a 1-mile-per-gallon improvement

Impressed ?

a 10 percent improvement would save more than 100 million gallons of fuel per year

Thats a big deal.

Same principle as keeping your tires inflated, it all helps.

Take a deep breathe and try to think with reason.

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Nomad;947970 wrote: They put down the country

Im guessing you are referring to the "For the 1st time in my adult life Im proud of America ?"

Is that it ?

You dont know what her personal life experiences have been do you ?

Ive been disappointed and let down by this country and its actions, I havent always been proud of how we have presented ourselves.

What else ?

Also heres a snippet of an article on new exhaust technology.

device that surrounds an exhaust pipe could increase fuel economy in a Chevrolet Suburban by about 5 percent, a 1-mile-per-gallon improvement

Impressed ?

a 10 percent improvement would save more than 100 million gallons of fuel per year

Thats a big deal.

Same principle as keeping your tires inflated, it all helps.

Take a deep breathe and try to think with reason.


What else....??? How bout everything..? The Obama campagne is an illusion, I'm soooo suprised that more people don't realize this...???? Obama and his wife are made up personalities by the media and far left, they aren't even far left in their policies, they're Marxist Socialist in their views.... Obama was the only senator that voted YES to allowing babies that by some miracle survived an abortion to be left to die in a cold dark room and deprived medical care, NO OTHER Senator voted for this radical extreme procedure, except our buddy Barry, the baby killer from he**.... Obama and his wife have a long history of associating with they're trashy ex-terrorist and felony friends and WHITE America hating preachers, these two people have no character or morals, Barry will throw anyone under the bus who gets into his way, even his grandmother, and these people are nothing more that corrupt Chigago politicians that the media and the lib's have made up to further they're agenda's.... Obama has no agenda's, have you people noticed that..? He just goes back and forth on every issue studdering and stammering.... Well there are people in his shadows that will be running this country should he win the election, and the BIG CHANGE you all who support him might not be what you bargined for....????

What device that surrounds an exaust pipe..? My friend, listen carefully.... If there was a device out there that saved a bunch of miles per gallon, of made cars more fuel efficient, ALL OF THE MFG WOULD PUT THEM ON ALL THEY"RE CARS, they would make tons of money, and thats what they're there to do.... There is NO magic device that saves gas or fuel, or EVERYONE WOULD BE USING IT AND COMPANIES WOULD BE MAKING TONS OF MONEY SELLING THEM...

YOU ARE RIGHT..!!! Keeping our tires inflated saves gas and oil..!!! Yeah..!

But most of us are already doing this because we ALREADY know that it saves gas and fuel and our hard earned money, for Obama to tell us this is just absurd, it's like him telling us all not to drink spoiled milk cuz we might get sick..... Good grief, everyone already knows these things Barry, and there aren't enough morons who don't to make any difference, reguardless what any studies say, it's rediculus...

Where's my blood pressure medicine...???

Have a nice day... No hard feelings....

[ddimz]

oi... green is mean - im down with... brown?

[Oscar Namechange]

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Does Barry really think nobody has ever checked tire pressure in their cars..? Does this guy really believe that most peoples cars have half flat tires on them, and that his ideas like this will somehow miraculously cause millions of people to inflate they're tires who without his insight would just keep driving on them until they go flat..?? QUOTE]

Did you not know that Ali Hussain Barry Bingo is the new messiah??

I've got a good idea to save carbon emmisions from burning fossalised fuel.

Let's run our cars and areoplanes on all the bullshit that Obama spouts out of his gob every day. That'll keep the planet going for the next 6 billion years.

The condescending patronising w****r.

[Nomad]

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To hell and back with the cause.