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Ever wonder just how much it costs you to drive from point A to point B? Here's a website that will tell you precisely how much you are spending on gas every time you pick up the keys. It also tells you how big of a carbon footprint you are leaving with every trip.

Here is what a family that drives 12,500 miles per year in a vehicle with a fuel economy of 20.1 miles per gallon could save in specific areas:

I now use 20% less gas than I used to. This saves me money, plus helps the environment. If everyone followed these tips, imagine the environmental benefits we'd have (plus the money we'd save)!

Some simple tips worth repeating. Maybe if we hear them enough more of us will actually implement them.

Amory Lovins describes how hypercars will be lighter, stronger, more gas efficient, and safer, and how he expects these super-efficient cars to be on the market within 5 years. Very interesting video.

In looking at data from the last several summers, the price of gasoline has gone up, on average, over 15% from now through the summer's peak. Based on today's price of $3.53, this would put us above $4 gas this summer.

In response to the '73/'74 oil crisis, Car and Driver magazine tweaked a bone stock production car to make it more efficient. The results? 25% more highway MPG from their "Crisis Fighter Ford Pinto," using six relatively easy DIY modifications.

Meet Wayne Gerdes:

Wayne is the most fuel-efficient driver in the world. Seriously. There's a competition and a trophy and everything.

Wayne drives a 2004 Honda Accord which, according to the US Department of Energy, gets 23 MPG city.

Read the rest at: http://www.bravenewleaf.com/environment/2008/01/learning-how-to.html 

Driving techniques help, but a few basic modifications to your hybrid could increase MPG by 50% or more...

The Jeep Renegade Concept with its 110 mpg rating has been unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show and is set to transform the industry.

An extreme ecomodder gets great mileage by modifying his car's aerodynamics.

You might know how many miles per gallon your car SAYS it gets. But do you know how many miles per gallon it REALLY gets? Here's how to find out...

Increased gasoline prices are going to affect you in some way. While the price increase may hurt some more than others, we’re all going to have to become accustomed to the fact that the days of cheap gas (and energy in general) are in the rear view mirror.

"They could do all this stuff if they wanted to. ... The technology has been there forever. They make 90% of the components I use... I've just been messing around and seeing what I can do. ... Everybody should be driving a plug-in vehicle right now. ... I can go next door to Ace Hardware and buy a DC electric motor, go out to my four-wheel-drive truck, remove the transmission and engine, bolt the electric motor onto the back of the transfer case, put a series of lead-acid batteries up to 240 volts in the back of the bed, and we're good to go.

It has long been theorized that the only way to really get Americans to drive less or purchase more fuel efficient vehicles would be to hit them in their wallets. This bill would do exactly that.