Daily
Expenditures-
We are a
mobile nation we burn 137.93 billion gallons of gasoline in 2009 and
142.35 billion gallons in 2008. The volume dropped 3% but the
price per gallon dropped 15%. If we now concern ourselves with
what I can do, think about the following items. If you drive
15000 miles a year, you average 41 miles per day. To lower you
mileage 3%, eliminate 1.4 miles a day. If we started to lower the
amount of gas we are using the price will come down, and more
importantly, we will be spending less on gasoline and be a better
steward. Read below on ideas to do that:
- When you need
to drive around town, think of where you are going and make a plan to
do it in a circle thereby shortening the mileage.
- When you are
driving and getting below ¼ tank, plan your driving to get gas at your
regular station or one with the same price. To travel 2 miles to
a cheaper station, you sent an additional 40 cents for the gasoline
used to get there and back. Read below on travel cost.
- Quick trips
to get one or two items. The supermarket may have a better price,
but what did it cost to get there and back? Using the travel cost
below, you can see how much you really saved or did you spend more.
- Trips to the
post office, library, or other regular places can most always be
combined with some more urgent need. Just one or two a week of
these savings can get that 3% reduction.
Car travel cost
calculated as
$2.40/gal
IRS allowance
rate is $0.505 per mile covers all costs
MPG
10 15 20
25 30
Cost per mile - gas
0.24 0.16 0.12
0.10 0.08
Assuming 25
miles per gallon, you drove to the store, another store, the library
and home. You traveled 10 miles. It cost in gas $1.00 and
IRS calculated cost of operating an auto at $5.05. If you could
have made the same trip in 9 miles, it would be $0.90 and $ 4.51.
If we start thinking before driving we can save much, much more than
other saving methods and be better stewards.
This is a guide to better stewardship of what
God has given you. This was inspired by Help
the Homeless, a public charity, and our
website sponsor.
On these pages you will find sound and
practical ideas on doing more with what you already have so that you
may have more to share.
We pray that you will make good use of these
ideas and God will receive thanks and praise,
All
this work is dedicated to God.
