ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT ENTRY #1

• I want to find out how much fuel our family uses in an average week
• I think the website "Pain at the Pump" will come in handy
• My husband and I need to track our miles driven every day for a week, and figure out how much fuel we burned in those miles and how many dollars were spent as well.
• To collect this data we will both fuel up at the same time and then again at the same time a week later.
• On the first fuel up, we will zero out the odometers to track our mileage, and on the second fuel up a week later we will be able to use miles driven and gallons purchased to see exactly how much fuel we used.
• Then we will have to ponder the essential question of "How can we conserve our fuel usage?"
• Perhaps...eventually I could get a daycare provider who is not 5 miles out of town, and I can certainly walk home and back to work on my breaks.
• If I make the grocery store deliver my goods is that fuel conservation? I'll use less anyway...
• If I drove my piece o' crap car into the ocean I would save a great deal on fuel.