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    Inflation, fuel costs, Oh My!

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    3 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

     Probably save more by not sitting in line with the engine running.

    I read decades ago that anytime you're stopped for about 25 seconds or more, turn off the engine.  Guess it's less than that.     https://www.edf.org/attention-drivers-turn-your-idling-engines

    So, if you're going to be in a line of several vehicles waiting to do something (gas, drive up windows, etc.), don't move up until you have to.  Like if a vehicle is going to be stuck in the street.  Moving up one spot, whenever the vehicle in front of you moves,  is also a waste.  How many of you who use drive through car washes actually turn off the engine while going through in neutral?  Hmmmm?  Since around the 80's, there's no need to go outside to warm up your vehicle.  You're coming out a warm building, wearing clothing, and the vehicle will be giving heat within a mile or so.  As long as you're driving within the local speed limits, the engine will be fine.

    If one of the DCP threads goes off track a little about water savings, get back to me.

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    Inflation, fuel costs, Oh My!

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    3 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:

    Up about a dollar a gallon here.   $3.29 when I drove down the road today.  And no, I’m not running to the gas station to top off because I’m not crazy.   

     

    3 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

    $3.09 at local Quickee Mart. I’ll go there off hours when people are going ape stuff at Costco or Sheetz to save pennies. Probably save more by not sitting in line with the engine running.

    "The total cost of owning and operating the average car falls between 35 cents per mile and 65 cents per mile over the lifetime of the car."

    With this in mind, I will not drive 24 miles round trip to Costco to save $.10/ gallon when that 24 miles is costing $12 based on .50/mile costs.

     

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    Inflation, fuel costs, Oh My!

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    1 hour ago, Jurassic Lancer said:

    The current situation with the Colonial Pipeline shutdown is immediately impacting gas availability in the southeast and mid-Atlantic. That should certainly resolve itself by July, but gas prices were already creeping upward. It looks like with increased demand this summer combined with the underlying inflationary pressure that is emerging will have a negative impact on everyone’s travel plans. 

    Don't forget the Keystone XL pipeline was cancelled in early January.  Then a moratorium on oil, gas, and coal leases on about 700 million acres of federal land was imposed.

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    Interesting Attendance Concept

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    23 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:

    I read that they may incorporate it into the flu shot.  I get it annually, too so NBD for me.

    A friend of ours who has a PHD in micro biology was asked about that last year by the Mrs. and she says that could be 4/5 years away.  The annual flu shot can change each year based on how our decision makers feel about what's taking place in Australia.

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