Why Shouldn’t Tire Pressure Be Part Of An Energy Policy?
Posted on | January 11, 2010 | 20 Comments
It wouldn’t be the first public service announcement to become a policy. For example of past good advice to become policy:
“Buy a more efficient water heater and save money and gas”
Government now offers 300 dollar tax credits for people who buy a tankless water heater since they are the best.
“Add more insulation to your house to save on the heating bill.”
There have been many different government programs to reward business and residential that do this.
The government could require car manufactures to add a tire pressure sensor to every car. The technology is there. So why shouldn’t tire pressure and similar topics be considered a part of an energy policy discussion?
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January 11th, 2010 @ 3:53 pm
Absolutely! The best way to solve the energy crisis is not the government doing some grand fix, it is everyone doing a little something.
If everyone drives a little less, makes sure tire pressure is where it should be, keeps their vehicle maintained, turns off one light, replaces a inefficient incandescent bulb with a compact florescent bulb and a million other little things, the US will use less oil and prices will go down.
If 100 Million people save only 1 ounce of fuel a day, that is 781,000 gallons per day.
January 11th, 2010 @ 5:13 pm
Its not that any sane person disagrees with the fact that properly inflated tires save gas, the issue is where do we draw the line between freedom, and government control for the “good” of everyone.
First, the government forces car manufacturers to install tire pressure sensors (thus raising the price of a new car). Next, they’re putting mandatory limitations on how much horsepower a car can have or their mandating computerized regulators that prevent you from accelerating too fast.
Inflating your tires properly is common sense. But I don’t want government regulations in every aspect of my life, just because there are a few stupid people out there who don’t follow common sense.
January 11th, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
LET’S STAY WITH OBAMA’S LOGIC A MOMENT……
If PROPER inflation of tires is a LEGITIMATE “energy policy”…
Then “staying in school” is a LEGITIMATE “education reform policy”…
“No sex until you are married” is a LEGITIMATE “abortion” policy…
“Work hard, get an education” is a LEGITIMATE “socio/economic” solution to poverty, low income, insurance, etc…
There are a LOT of things people KNOW they should be doing… so if we’re going to play Obama’s game……. FINE. Let’s play it everywhere.
January 12th, 2010 @ 12:53 am
there is nothing wrong with checking tires and getting tune ups, the problem is when he said this would save us as much oil as drilling, that is when he lost me and i knew his words that he knows it sounds like pie in the sky, well that is because it is.
there is nothing wrong with exploring alternative energy, we been doing it for years as well as the EU. i have yet to see an significant product and we have lots of intelligent people working on it. in the meantime, we do need oil and the only way to get more is to drill. that isn’t hard to understand.
January 12th, 2010 @ 1:12 am
Seat belts save lives.
You HAVE to build your house to certain weather resistant standards in Wisconsin.
The car manufactures won’t change anything till you punch them in the gut a few times.
They made the Pinto. Look up that beauty, the car manufactures figured they could make up for lawsuits if they sold enough of them so they left out safety equipment.
January 12th, 2010 @ 3:29 am
My friend, sorry to say, but you are totally out of the loop,…since a couple of years ago all new cars has pressure tire sensors, and a light come on when the pressure goes under a specific thresshold that can be set by the owner, and it was done not to get better mileage but to protect the manufacturers from getting sued due to tires blowing up due to low pressure (remember Ford’s SUVs???). even so, there is no way to force people to have the right tire pressure, so you are dreaming, wake up!!!! be real!!!
January 12th, 2010 @ 8:45 am
Because when the GOP has nothing as an energy policy their only response is to mock sound statements. Tire pressure is a small but worthy party of any energy policy. Just as the other changes you posted. Tells you a lot about McCain and his lack of insight. Maybe oil has blinded his judgment?
January 12th, 2010 @ 2:30 pm
To Senator Obama US energy concerns center around gasoline. I’m not real sure of that though, I couldn’t say what the savings would be yearly because I don’t know exactly how efficiently we are using the resources we have. I’m just a little concerned that there may be broad and sweeping areas within the realm of energy sources that Senator Obama has missed.
January 12th, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Tire pressure is checked with your annual inspection in most states, and is part of most lube-oil-filter checks. The difference between the status quo and the ideal is just not material in terms of energy savings.
January 12th, 2010 @ 9:56 pm
I agree with the one poster who stated that we are making a huge deal out of nothing. Obama was only advising people as to a way to save some money on gas. He was not toting this as his only idea for decreasing energy costs as the McCain camp has claimed.
January 13th, 2010 @ 3:54 am
Because it’s another example of the government taking more money and spending it how “they” see fit.
If you want to save your tires and gas then be smart and inflate your tires but i don’t want to pay so that others are forced to be smart.
January 13th, 2010 @ 6:46 am
Apparently, you haven’t seen many tire commercials or public service announcements.
We hear this all the time, right along with “Don’t gun your engine” and “Drive your car like you have an egg under the gas pedal”.
January 13th, 2010 @ 8:32 am
Because brainless Republicans think that it does not matter.
It was just a single example by Obama of personal responsiblity , you can think of dozens of things like that.
January 13th, 2010 @ 9:21 am
I think you guys are making much of very little- did you ever consider that he may have been merely making a point as to how little we seem to value fuel consumption in general. How about incandescent bulbs simply not being manufactured anymore, for starters.
January 13th, 2010 @ 10:02 am
There’s no reason at all. It’s an intelligent thing to do, and many Americans don’t even know to do it. The right wing nuts just tried to make it seem as if that was Barack’s ENTIRE energy policy.
January 13th, 2010 @ 1:19 pm
No reason at all. If you hit the trail, and start commuting on a bike, as I have, you will come to really appreciate well inflated tires.
January 13th, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
another quick boost to gas milage is switch to Synthetic Oil, or even a Synthetic blend mix~!!!
January 13th, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
Recently, Obama said that we could replace ALL of the oil we would get from new drilling by inflating our tires and getting tune-ups. There is an element of truth to his claim in that if your car is running at peak efficiency, it will get better gas mileage. That is undenyable and your car’s owner manual will back this claim up very nicely. The fictional element is that, in order for his statement to be true, ALL of our cars would need to be currently running on flat tires with poorly performing engines. Obvious to everyone, that’s not the case at all and Obama’s claim is utterly fictitious – unless you’re a follower. If you’re a follower, you have praised him for his awesome insight into automobile maintenance and you now believe that oil drilling is not necessary if we would all simply line up at Jiffy-Lube as instructed. I am amazed at the naivete of the educated liberal who seems to be accepting of the idea that he was not smart enough to maintain his car prior to Obama’s advice. The follower simply accepts the words of Obama as truth and does what he’s told.
January 13th, 2010 @ 9:31 pm
since we can get up to 20 percent more mileage with properly inflated cars, i see benefits to making this part of govt policy.
January 14th, 2010 @ 1:04 am
bc tire pressure doesnt matter