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submitted: Jun 17th 2008 | by: YimmyGold | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 667 | |

Nobody can have failed to notice the incredible rise in the price of gas in recent months. This has come after years of slowly increasing prices and we are now at a point where everybody is feeling the pinch. The rise may mean you are driving a bit less or perhaps it means you have cut back on your spending. Few people are able to just ignore it.

So what can we do about it? We have no control over the price of oil so all we can do is to try to use less of it and get the best value from the gas we buy. There are several ways we can approach this. We can drive less, we can make our cars more economical with the gas they use, we can drive in a more economical way and use less gas while we do the same journey.

One of the first things we should think about is how often we use our cars. If we can do fewer trips then we will use less gas. Doing several jobs while you are out will save you having to drive again later to get those things done so you will use less gas. You could think about doing car sharing with a neighbor for shopping trips and you both end up saving money on gas and you get to know your neighbors better too.

There are ways of driving that use less gas. If you tend to drive with your foot pressed hard on the accelerator or hard on the brakes you are wasting fuel and to get the best gas mileage you should learn how to drive in a more gentle fashion. Planning ahead is the secret to this and if you see the traffic slowing ahead of you start easing off the throttle and then brake gently. Ideally you can plan ahead so well you will need to stop less often and since most gas is used accelerating you could save quite a lot of gas this way.

We can also be more economical by driving smaller and more efficient cars, we can keep our cars serviced more often so they run at optimum efficiency. Another possibility is to fit some gas saving or energy efficient devices to help our cars use less gas.

We have all heard of magic pills that you add to your fuel tank which can make your car run much better. Some of these devices have been tested in the past but often the testing was carried out by people who wanted to prove they didn't work. Vested interests may have meant that the testing was not always as genuine as it could be.

I have not tried many of these but anything you have to keep buying to add to your gas will make the economics of any savings less likely but take a look at them and see for yourself. With gas prices so high now anything that saves gas may make a lot more sense than it did a few years ago.

It seems to be years now that we have been told the future is with hydrogen gas. It still seems to be years away and even when it is fully developed it will take a long time to convert all the gas stations to hydrogen gas stations. There are a few hydrogen cars being tested now but it will be a time before they are common on our roads but there are people who have been working on using their own hydrogen systems to save gas on the cars we already have.

You may think you need to be a rocket scientist to develop a hydrogen generator for your car but it a simple process. So simple you can buy a guide online, buy all the parts locally and put the system together in just a weekend. It takes an hour or two tops to fit the system to your car and you have your hydrogen generator helping to reduce your gas usage.

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