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Documentation
The numbers in this calculation were based on 1998
data on Domestic Motor Fuel Consumption by Type of Vehicle,
1970-1998.* 1998 was most recent year for complete data, but each
succeeding year has seen an increase in these numbers, so it can
be postulated that the numbers would actually be higher.
Domestic Fuel Consumption
Data
CARS |
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| Fuel
Consumption, All Cars |
72 billion
gallons |
| 2% OF
72 BILLION = |
1.44 Billion gallons
of fuel consumed |
| 5% OF
72 BILLION = |
3.66 Billion gallons
of fuel consumed |
| Average
miles per gallon: |
21.4 miles per
gallon |
| at 2%
= |
30.8 billion miles
(1.44 x 21.4) |
| at 5%
= |
78.3 billion miles
(3.66 x 21.4) |
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| How far is 30.8 billion
miles? |
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| DISTANCE TO SUN |
93 million
miles |
| Round
Trip |
186 million
miles |
| To Sun
& Back = |
165 round trips if
fuel use is reduced 2% |
| |
420 round trips if
fuel use is reduced 5% |
| DISTANCE TO MOON |
238,857
miles |
| Round
Trip = |
477,714
miles |
| Trips
to Moon and back = |
64,473 round trips if
fuel use is reduced 2% |
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163,000 round trips
if fuel use is reduced 5% |
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Fuel Consumption,
All Trucks
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30.8 billion
gallons |
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Documented fuel savings by
switching to AMSOIL lubricants in engine and throughout
drivetrain = 8.2%
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8.2% OF 30.8 BILLION =
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2.52 BILLION
Gallons |
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Fuel usage, average miles per gallon for over
the road trucks = 6.4 mpg
2.52 billion gallons @ 6.4 miles per gallon = 16.128 billion
miles that U.S. trucks would be able to travel on the fuel saved
by switching to AMSOIL.
This equates to 86 trips to the sun and back.
(16.128 billion divided by 186 million)
Or 33,760 trips to the moon and back.
(16.128 billion divided by 477,714)
BOTTOM LINE: AMSOIL Saves You
Money
* p. 640, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United
States, 2000
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