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Public Service Announcement

By Wade On Oct 16, 2012 Uncategorized 1 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

If you’re reading this, chances are that you’re a nerd. You are probably pretty smart about computers, Magic: The Gathering, or trolling dota games, but you also probably don’t know a fucking thing about cars. You more than likely have never held a screwdriver for any other reason than to remove those annoying fucking screws that hold the side cover on your computer and that hold those stupid fucking bezels that cover up the card slots or to put batteries in your fleshlight.

That’s ok, I understand. We’ll take this slow.

Here’s your car:

Your car has an engine, and it is lubricated by oil:

 

If you own a car made this century and take it to Jiffy Lube, your dealership,  or some other shitty place, you are getting raped. STOP GETTING YOUR OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES LIKE A FUCKING DUMB ASS. If your dad told you to change your oil every 3,000 miles, he’s a dumb ass too. Same for your grandfather: dumb ass.

Did you know that Jiffy Lube is OWNED BY SHELL? I didn’t until I read this article. The myth of the 3k mile oil change has been perpetuated for years upon a populace that wishes to maintain its vehicles as well as they can, but the net result is millions of barrels of wasted oil, money being thrown at an industry that has been fucking the world over forever, and additional environmental degradation.

 

http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop-changing-your-oil.html?mktcat=maintenance-article&kw=stop+changing+your+oil&mktid=ob61762858&msite=w

Oil chemistry and engine technology have evolved tremendously in recent years, but you’d never know it from the quick-change behavior of American car owners. Driven by an outdated 3,000-mile oil change commandment, they are unnecessarily spending millions of dollars and spilling an ocean of contaminated waste oil.

Although the average car’s oil change interval is around 7,800 miles — and as high as 20,000 miles in some cars — this wasteful cycle continues largely because the automotive service industry, while fully aware of the technological advances, continues to preach the 3,000-mile gospel as a way to keep the service bays busy. As a result, even the most cautious owners are dumping their engine oil twice as often as their service manuals recommend.

After interviews with oil experts, mechanics and automakers, one thing is clear: The 3,000-mile oil change is a myth that should be laid to rest. Failing to heed the service interval in your owner’s manual wastes oil and money, while compounding the environmental impact of illicit waste-oil dumping.

 

The Idiocy of the Average Voter Confirmed; Price of Gasoline An Election Issue

By Wade On Mar 8, 2012 Uncategorized 0 No Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In a stunning display of ignorance, respondents to a new survey indicated that they want:

  • To be able to drive gasguzzling tanks cross-country and spend more on the milkshakes they drink than what they spend on gas.
  • To continue to believe that the President (any President) has the power, influence,and political will to lower them. Sure, the President sets an agenda, but “DRILL BABY DRILL!!!11” will not do a fucking thing to lower prices. We are hostages to emirs, dictators, CEOs, princes, terrorists, and nothing, including “American ingenuity and our will to look beyond today at a brighter tomorrow” will change this.
  • To bury their head in the sand a little while longer.
    Look, folks. The world has changed; this is not the quaint place that you falsely remember existed back in the 90s.  There are billions of people screaming for oil. You are not entitled to get it cheaper when you use the most of it, I don’t know how many times this has to be repeated before you cretins get it.

 


I am no environmentalist, although I do kinda like this planet we live on. I drive sports cars. My wife drives a SUV.

However, we are mature (smart?) enough to realize that you have to pay for things, especially THE PRODUCT THAT ALLOWS US TO LIVE IN A GLOBAL, INTERCONNECTED WORLD! WHOSE CONTINUED SURVIVAL IN THE NEAR AND INTERMEDIATE -TERM FUTURE RIDES UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF SAID PRODUCT!

 

When you fucking clowns are voting this fall, and you sit there in the booth sneering at the ballot, thinking of that fucking commie Obama and his goddamn commiemobile Chevrolet Volt, I hope gas costs $10/gallon. And you had to fill up on the way to there. And someone siphoned your tank at the polls. And then you’re forced to utilize the socialist public transportation system.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/gas-prices-now-a-big-factor-in-presidential-election/

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It might be one of the biggest issues in the upcoming presidential election. Last night, CBS News exit polls found 77 percent of those voting in seven Super Tuesday states say rising gas prices were an important factor in their vote.

The poll reflects growing consumer anxiety as gas prices have risen nearly 50 cents a gallon in just over two months.

Consumers have been telling us they are cutting corners because for most driving is a necessity.

In Minnesota the average price is 3-58. The current national average for a gallon of regular is 3-76, but some analysts are predicting that gas could rise to $5 by the summer.

When you are an independent contractor like Tod Matthison, driving200 to 300 miles a day, rising gas prices mean a smaller paycheck

“I average five hundred to eight hundred dollars a month in gas expense so it really cut into our overhead,” said

Matthison says he would like to cut back, but he can’t

“It’s scary, but what do you do? I have been doing this for 20, 25 years,” said Matthison.

Voters in Super Tuesday contests say gas prices were the most critical factor in their vote. The candidate who made the most dramatic promise to lower gas prices was Newt Gingrich, who said his plan that emphasizes expanded drilling would make gas $2.50 a gallon.

Voters clearly didn’t buy Gingrich’s promise he only won his home state of Georgia. Consumers should be wary of any guarantees, according to one Carlson School of Management Professor. He says the volatility in prices in recent years make fturue prices impossible to

“We don’t know if anybody tells you they know if gas prices are going up or down they just believe in their own magic,”

On Wednesday in Washington D.C., there was a hearing where Republicans and Democrats offered very different views of how to deal with this issue from a policy perspective: Democrats are urging conservation and tax breaks for electric vehicles with Republicans urging a dramatic expansion of drilling.

So, according to the exit polls, that division will be a key factor in elections this fall.