Obama says if Americans inflated their tires properly we would save oil!, page 1
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Topic started on 5-8-2008 @ 03:39 PM by Digital_Reality

Obama says if Americans inflated their tires properly we would save oil!


www.time.com
How out of touch is Barack Obama? He's so out of touch that he suggested that if all Americans inflated their tires properly and took their cars for regular tune-ups, they could save as much oil as new offshore drilling would produce. Gleeful Republicans have made this their daily talking point; Rush Limbaugh is having a field day; and the Republican National Committee is sending tire gauges labeled "Barack Obama's Energy Plan" to Washington reporters.

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reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 03:49 PM by drwizardphd
reply to post by Digital_Reality



I hate to say it, but he's got a point.

Think about how many cars are out there driving in America right now with under-inflated tires and bad oil. Anyone who works on cars knows how greatly those two factors can affect your gas mileage.

Then think about how little we're going to see from offshore drilling, considering that we won't get usable oil for another 4 or 5 years at the minimum, and that we'd have to share that oil internationally.

I don't think he meant it as his energy policy, but it's good advice to the general public. Clean up your cars, fill up your tires and you WILL save money at the pump. I guarantee it.


reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 04:04 PM by WyrdeOne
reply to post by Digital_Reality



It's a no-brainer, and still at least 25% of the American people can't manage to pull it off. What does that tell you about the state of our brains?

It's a common sense solution to a very real problem - the fact that you're mocking his advice shows quite clearly that you don't even listen to what he says, you just disagree with anything and everything that comes out of his mouth.

This is the problem with partisan politics and the running-mouth pundits - they're unnecessarily adversarial, and they inspire their little cult followers to be the same.

Bottom line is that it's good advice, and anyone with even a hint of common sense knows that the information is what matters, not the source.


reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 04:12 PM by Digital_Reality
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you just disagree with anything and everything that comes out of his mouth.


Your wrong! I agree with some things he says, Its hard not to . He flip flops enough so that everyone can relate and agree on any given day.
As I said, Yes I realize its a good idea but its not the kind of ideas I'm looking for in a potential president.


reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 04:14 PM by burdman30ott6
Here's why he deserves to be slammed.

Links used to get data:
wiki.answers.com...

www.bts.gov...

www.newton.dep.anl.gov...

www.terrain.org...

OK...
Data Used:
Average American drives 15,000 miles per year
Average American passenger vehicle fuel efficiency (I am negating semis as they generally do have proper tire inflation, etc.) is about 25 MPG
19.5 gallons of gas per barrel of oil
18 billion barrels available in offshore reserves waiting to be tapped
163 million licensed American drivers
We'll use Halequin's 3 MPG saved figure, even though I couldn't find a reliable source for that AND we'll take the huge step to assume that everyone in America is driving around on underinflated tires that look like they just stepped out of a Donal Duck cartoon.

My argument:
15,000 M/Y @ an efficency of 25 MPG equals 600 gallons of gas per year, per person.
15,000 M/Y @ the higher efficiency of 28 MPG equals 536 gallons of gas per year, per person.
Difference of 64 gallons per year, per person. Multiply that by 163 drivers for a whopping total of 10.432 Billion gallons of gas per year saved.
Divide that by the 19.5 gallons of gas per barrel of crude for just over a half a billion barrels of oil saved per year by everyone if they get that extra 3 MPG.

We're a FAR cry from the 18 billion barrels waiting to be pumped from the offshore fields. Even assuming all worst case scenarios, there is no Earthly way inflating our tires, rolling up our windows, removing our NASCAR flags from our antenas, and resisting the urge to have gas spray fights between us and the guy filling up one pump over will equate to the same benefit we will get from approving drilling in these locations. Obama is an ass.



reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 04:24 PM by Digital_Reality
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Forgive me Digital but you seemed to change your tune in your later posts.


I'm not being hateful, I just don't see him as the messiah the media is making him out to be with the kind of ideas he is coming up with.


reply posted on 5-8-2008 @ 04:24 PM by Harlequin
reply to post by WhatTheory



apparantly you can`t read either at all - in no where did i attribute anything to obama as it was observations about saving money and good driving practises

stop trolling neo-con.
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