Saturday, May 26, 2012

Countering petrol price

Here are a few ways to keep your petro bills down in the wake of sudden steep rise in the price of petrol. Nothing has ever been achieved without a measure of risk, and the following recommendations are fraught with inherent opportunities for failure, so exercise discretion before you adopt these suggestions.

One-> Forget speed
It is an established fact that driving slow requires less frequent braking and thereby saves fuel. This is the recommendation, perhaps the only one, that is low on risk. The immediate fallout of the practice is being late to all your meetings, if you don't plan well enough. However if you persist you may reap the long term benefits, i.e, getting used to being late !!

Two-> Avoid braking
If you're unable to follow suggestion one then you most certainly have to find a way to be rash. Drive on speed beakers, pits and through crowds like a freak mob. You'd be scaring everybody around you and yourself as you strive to achieve your goal of fuel economy; but that's not your concern so long as it delivers results. Beginners finding coping with this rule difficult can have their brake wires removed at the local mechanic.
If you're stopped by police action then thank him profusely  for saving your life and tell him if he could help you with fixing the failed brake!!

Three-> Forget the head light and leave it alone
Most bikes still power their headlights by burning fuel. So if you keep your fingers off the head light button you are saving petrol for running. Of course, it's risky but you've got to take it to attain max. fuel efficiency. For lovers of grace, replace your working headlight bulb with a fused one so that you've an excuse of questioned by cop. It may not spare you fines though, it makes night driving more adventurous. So if you're an adventure seeker you have more than one reason why you must not disturb your head light. You will have driven high beam, low beam; try no beam !!!

Four-> Let the sick men die
We are a populous country with a bounty of rich and middle class who are permanently sick and traveling in ambulances all the time. Don't trouble making way for these reckless jerks transporting at the partial expense of your mercy, if that will require you to brake or miss a green signal. We are well over a billion now, so taking away a few from the electoral rolls won't considerably affect our numbers or the size of our demography.

Five-> Demand flexi-working
Several organizations around the world are making profiles attractive by making several features of the job flexible. Perhaps it's time you demand for a work-from-home privilege to save you the cost incurred in traveling to workplace. If refused follow the Air India pilot model, go on sick leave for as many days allowed and avail all other leaves with wages. If it doesn't seem alright to you to work in such a rigid environment, then quit the job and pick up a job on the internet. There are a lot of fanciful internet jobs that are promoted like incredible cash cows. Don't worry if you're cheated, lots have already been and many more will join the list. So you know you're not alone !!

Six-> Be more choosy and develop some taste for parties
There are parties almost every now and then these days. Now if you have to attend all of them, it will entail a travel cost, i.e, a fuel expense. So the only way to avoid all the additional financial burden of attending parties is to be more choosy about the events you decide to participate. Have a separate budget allotted for how much you can spend on parties and spend only that much. A good friend always understands you and the bad one is identified by his/her refusal to understand your predicament. So here again you see how well the recommendation serves you apart from saving on petro-bills.

Seven-> Study fuel technology
It is never too late to start learning; especially if it matters so much as petrol. You can develop hybrid fuel suitable for your bike and make money selling the technology to giants.

Eight-> Paint your automobile black
This can be your trump card for fuel savings; because their is no study relating fuel efficiency to the color of the bike/car this can prove worthwhile. Superstitions are anything but new to our country, a few more will not be too much especially if it gives you the satisfaction of attaining fuel efficiency.
If you choose to follow this recommendation, you have chosen the most creative recommendation. You can develop many such suggestions for yourself depending on your taste and talent.

No comments: