$3 a gallon? $4 a gallon? With oil and gasoline prices soaring higher and higher, many people are looking for alternatives to filling up at the pump. Here are a few ways to save gas and money. You’ll have to see some of these to believe it!
- Carpool
Did you know the average numbers of passengers on the freeway during rush hour is less than 1? This means most cars carry only the driver and no one else. Carpooling is a very cost efficient way of saving money. Find four people to carpool with and you’ve cut your transportation costs by 80%! - Public transportation
Not only is public transportation cheap, they’re often a lot quicker than driving! During rush hour when cars slow to a crawl, subways and transit systems actually increase in efficiency to account for the extra passengers during these times. - Buy a smaller car
Instead of driving that SUV to work which guzzles gas like there’s no tomorrow, switch to a smaller car that is more fuel efficient. Many compact family cars are in fact rather comfy. For the extreme people, you may even consider a Mini Cooper or Smart Car! - Buy a hybrid car
Hybrids car are becoming increasingly popular due to their dual use of gasoline and electricity. They are currently the most fuel efficient cars readily available on the market right now and they also pollute much less than traditional cars. However, studies have shown that the manufacturing that goes into building a hybrid car actually pollutes more than the amount saved by the use of the car. Not to mention they’re a bit more expensive than a traditional car. - Run your car on water
This is perhaps the best way of saving gas. You can modify your car to run completely on plain water. Not only is using water as fuel thousands of times cheaper than gasoline, they also release oxygen into the air as a byproduct which in fact HELPS the environment. This is a new technology that is not widely known mostly because it poses a huge threat to the automotive industry. But by converting your car to run on water, you are saving yourself money and saving the environment at the same time.
Check out the following guide to find out how to run a car on water. Sound too good to be true? Watch this story on national news:
