Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Gas prices keep rising!!!

With the recent prices of oil around the world, most of us here in the philippines particularly in Metro Manila cope up by using mass transportation means such Metro Manila’s mass transit systems or MRT. At fuel average price of Php 60.00 per liter of gasasoline, motorist choose to ditch or leave their car a safe place and choose to ride the MRT.

Photo courtesy of Unlawyer.net

Gas prices increases is inevitable and surely there will be turning back at prices. Crude oil keep rising and you know why? Reason can be found in here http://www.oil-price.net/

In here in the philippines ,average cost of Gasoline in US dollar per gal based on Php 50 per dollar computation will be 3.78 liter/gal*php60.00/liter*$/php 50.00 or $ 4.53 /gallon.
If we compare with the present gas prices around the world, I could wheeew! we are way up high indeed..

  • Oslo, Norway $9.85
  • London, England $8.96
  • Paris, France $9.43
  • Rome, Italy $9.03
  • Berlin, Germany $8.68
  • Tokyo, Japan $6.30
  • Montreal, Canada $5.57
  • Manila, Philippines $4.53
Hmm? So the price we are paying may not seem so bad. That’s until I look at figures like these:

  • Caracas, Venezuela $0.12
  • Tehran, Iran $0.41
  • Saudi Arabia $0.45
  • Kuwait $0.79
  • United Arab Emirates $1.40

So all we could do is to cost cut if we prefer to use our car. Here are some tips that may reduce our gas cost and cope up with the rising and rising gas prices.

  1. Service your car and check the oil level regularly.
  2. Check tire pressure once a month.
  3. Take everything that you don’t need out of the trunk and from your back seat.
  4. Close your car windows when you are driving fast.
  5. Only use the air conditioner when it’s absolutely necessary.
  6. Start driving soon after starting the engine and stop the motor if the car is not driving for more than 1 minute.
  7. Drive with a reasonable speed and smoothly.
  8. When accelerating shift to a faster shift as soon as possible.
  9. Try to sense what is going to happen in the traffic before it happens.
  10. Share your car with others.