subject: Reasons To Save On Gasoline [print this page] When gas was $4/gallon, Jeep drivers worked hard to improve their mileage by doing everything from driving slower to installing Jeep performance chips. Now that gas prices are back down, the economic reasons aren't as important. However, there are a number of other good reasons to improve your car's mileage.
Less Dependence on Foreign Oil
Although the US has substantial oil reserves, we are still dependent on other countries to satisfy our hunger for petroleum. Those nations can use our demand for oil to manipulate us economically and politically. For decades, OPEC nations have blatantly manipulated oil prices and economists estimate these tactics have cost this country nearly two billion dollars in the last five years alone.
The US government is unable to be impartial when dealing with OPEC countries. Much of our foreign policy is determined by our need to protect our oil interests, sometimes at the costs of other important national issues.
For every gallon Jeep performance chips save you, that's one less gallon we have to buy from other countries. It reduces our obligations to oil-rich countries and allows our government to make decisions in the best interest of our people.
Effects On Our Climate
While there is still some debate about how much our civilization's production of greenhouse gases have been at fault for rising temperatures, it is clear we have reached a point where our activities are having substantial and negative effects on the environment.
When you use Jeep performance chips to improve your Jeep's mileage, you burn less fuel and produce less pollution. It is an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint and cut your impact on the environment. Unlike some other fuel saving tactics, it doesn't require you to change your lifestyle at all. While drivers should still follow fuel saving advice, inexpensive Jeep performance chips are a great way to bump mileage by another few miles per gallon.
Less Gas, More Time To Come Up With Alternative Options
No matter how fuel efficient our Jeeps get, oil is still a limited resource. The planet will eventually run out, but the less gas we burn the more time we have to come up with alternative options.
There are a number of exciting technologies on the horizon but some may need decades before they are practical consumer products. Other options like hybrid and electric cars offer some interesting possibilities, but carry their own environmental problems such as disposing of the lead batteries involved.
Jeep performance chips reduce the rate at which we use up our planet's oil deposits. It helps ensure we will have plenty of time to come up with inexpensive and dependable replacements for our fossil fuel burning vehicles. The more time we have, the easier it will be to kick the petroleum habit in the future.
