CHM 1020/CHM 1025C/CHM1032C/CHM2045C
Project/Lab #2: Measurement via Gasoline Project
Assignment & Data
Collection/Presentation:
In
Chemistry we collect data in the laboratory while performing an experiment.
Our second project concerns
measurement and data collection in the field (CHM 1020 has no lab component).
As an experiment/lab, you can do from the 1st
week to the last, we can find out what your energy consumption
and cost are for driving a car. So here is the
project which we will start ASAP and finish the last week of the term.
Data Collection (A15/B12: 10-15 weeks) (A7: 5-7weeks)
During the first weeks of class you need
to fill your gasoline tank in your car*.
During the course, you will
keep a record of all purchases of gasoline noting:
dates, price, amount, cost and odometer reading.
Get
receipts and/or keep a diary in your vehicle. It is not necessary to submit
the receipts with your project.
If you share the car, make
certain the other person(s) get receipts for any gasoline purchases
they might do during the term of the
project. It is not necessary to fill your tank with each purchase
, just the first to start, and then the last to complete the project.
Collecting the data is worth 10 points
to 30 points, depending on the number of weeks of the project:
A - 7: 5 weeks
minimum;
B-12: 10 weeks minimum; and
A-15: 12 weeks minimum.
Project/Lab #2:
Measurement via Gasoline Project
Data Presentation: The Final week
After filling your tank, the
last week, transfer each purchase to a data page table or in a spreadsheet.
Presenting the data collected
in spread sheet format or WORD table is worth (10 Points),
Correctly summing your project totals:
Total #days, Total #miles, Total #gallons, Total #cost (5 Points).
If you do not have the software, a handwritten table will be OK.
Summary of the data Collected
Some students have a hard
time making the calculations to arrive at your totals.
Some students used an online excel
spreadsheet from the Internet to record and present gasoline demand.
..but several of the calculations were ridiculous, like 11,000 miles per
gallon; cost 0 cents per mile.
..Many of you have the problem of NOT having number sense. A few students from a
previous term had
no problem driving a total 292 miles and
averaging 12,500 miles per gallon????
If you have never programmed a
spreadsheet, maybe you do it the old fashion way with a calculator as described
below:
During the last week, after you fill your tank to finish the
project, you will determine:
Total Miles Driven:
Subtract your initial odometer reading from your
final Odometer Reading
Total gallon Used:
Sum all your Gallons Purchased, except do not
include the gallons recorded in your initial fill-up (Why?)
Total Cost:
Sum all your dollars spent during the project,
except the initial fill-up. (Why?)
Total Days:
Use a calendar and count the number of days from
the first fill-up to the last fill-up.
(For example: September 3 to December 14 is 27 days in Sept; 31 day in October,
30 days in November, and 14 days in December which totals 102 Days)
MPG = Total Miles Driven
divided by Total Gallons Used
Average Cost Per Mile = Total Dollars Spent divided by Total Mile Driven
Average
daily Miles = Total Miles Driven divided by Total Days of the
Project
Average Daily Gallons Used = Total Gallons Used divided by Total Days of the Project
(You may not be able to answer this. During the project, how many
times did you go on a trip?
My daughter lives in Holiday, FL with my two granddaughters.
That is 251 miles each way. One or two trips to Holiday for me would skew my
average daily miles.)
Statistics say that the average U.S. driver averages 29 miles per
day-and this can be skewed
if you took a long trip during the
project to see if you are average.
(For me, I live on the Southside and
work at North campus, which is 30.9 miles from door to door.
Just to go to work I drive 62 miles per
day just to go to and from work. I am not the average driver.)
Are you?
The last
part of the project is for you to do the annual projections and summary of CO2
emissions. This is worth 10 points.
Annual Mileage = your
daily average miles driven calculated above multiplied by 365 days in a year
Annual Gasoline Demand = Your average daily Gallons Used multiplied by 365 days in a year
Annual Cost @ $2.00/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $2.00/gallon
Annual Cost @ $3.00/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $3.00/gallon
Annual Cost @ $3.50/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $3.50/gallon
Annual Cost @ $4.00/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $4.00/gallon
Annual Cost @ $4.50/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $4.50/gallon
Annual Cost @ $5.00/gallon = Yearly Gasoline Demand(gallons) multiplied by $5.00/gallon
Total Annual CO2 Released = Total
Annual Gallons Used multiplied by 18.7 pounds/gallon
This experiment is equivalent
to four small projects (two wet chemistry labs) as it is an intense A-15/B-12:
10-14 week
exercise in data collection or an intense A-7: 5-7 weeks exercise in data collection
for 20-60 points depending on the number of weeks data is collected.
(If you have two cars, you may
do two projects. The second car will earn extra credit.
Then you may compare the efficiency or lack of for your fleet of autos. If you
change cars during the project,
you have to make some estimations-talk with your instructor how to switch cars
during the project
and maintain the accuracy of the project Although it will be interesting to see
if there is a difference
between the two vehicles, it still count as only one project. Maybe a little
extra credit for presentation.
The chemical reaction for combusting
gasoline is:
2 C8H18 (l) + 25 O2 (g) à 16 CO2 (g) + 18 H2O (g)
Octane burns in oxygen gas to form carbon dioxide and water as products ,which comes out your tailpipe
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(Burn 1
gallon put 18.7* Lbs CO2 in the environment!)
In CHM 1025C & CHM 1020 Chapter 9 introduces
Mass Stoichiometry.
(In CHM 2045C Chapter 3 begin
stoichiometry)
We will prove the 18.7* lb CO2/gallon statement when we study
chemical reactions
and mass stoichiometry in Chapter 9. Some web sites say 19.7 Lb CO2/gallon.
On Chemistry professor showed that it was less than 18 pounds Spring Term 2019.
The factor is the density of gasoline. Assuming
100% octane C8H18, (from the CRC Handbook
is 0.680g
C8H18 = 1 mL However,
gasoline is a mixture and the density varies. Alsdo another factor is the %
ethanol in the gasoline.
Do not worry about this Calculation until we get to chapter 9 Section 9.2
Show a dimensional analysis setup in your
project to prove this in the conclusion of your project.
Unit Factors Needed: 3.79L = 1 Gal 0.680g C8H18 = 1mL 453.56g = 1 lb 1 L = 1000 mL
2.205lb = 1kg 1000g = 1kg 114gC8H18 = 1 moleC8H18 44.0g CO2 = 1 mole CO2
*You
need to only fill the tank twice, at the beginning and at the end of the
project. You will not use the first fill-up in your calculations, except
odometer reading. Why?
The instructor may add
additional data for you to determine to complete this project after studying chapter
9.
If you do not drive or own a vehicle
and can not get cooperation from your family, the instructor will be assigned
an alternate energy demand project
(My Electric Demand!) or you may earn partial
credit using the data of your instructor’s car (4 years instead of 2-5 months).
Project Conclusion/Summary
Write a summary/Conclusions and statement of what you learned from this project
(at least one paragraph).
In your Summary paper, the data above
and below states we are doing better conserving our gasoline while
more cars are on the road and the price for the last year or two has dropped
50%! Why? (include a paragraph)
Research
the Internet. And see if you can find additional information.
I found the following:
In 2015 the EIA
(United State Energy Administration) reported:
How much gasoline does the United States
consume?
In 2015, about 140.43 billion
gallons (or about 3.34 billion barrels1) of gasoline were consumed2
in the United States,
a daily average of about 384.74 million gallons (or about 9.16 million barrels
per day).3 This was about 1.5% less than
the record high of about 390 million
gallons per day (or about 9.29 million
barrels per day) consumed in 2007.
1
There
are 42 U.S. gallons in a barrel.
2 EIA uses product supplied to represent approximate
consumption of petroleum products.
Product supplied measures the
disappearance of these products from primary sources, such as refineries,
natural gas processing plants, blending plants, pipelines, and bulk terminals.
3 Preliminary data for 2015.
We Are Using Less Gasoline Today
U.S. Total
Gasoline Retail Sales by Refiners (Thousand Gallons per Day) |
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Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
1983 |
46,218.3 |
48,906.1 |
54,111.7 |
49,093.7 |
52,021.3 |
52,517.2 |
51,898.0 |
51,905.6 |
52,676.3 |
50,724.3 |
51,150.8 |
51,879.1 |
1984 |
54,148.6 |
55,651.7 |
57,636.0 |
56,937.0 |
58,755.9 |
60,075.0 |
59,055.7 |
59,378.3 |
56,947.3 |
57,386.5 |
58,075.3 |
56,765.8 |
1985 |
54,584.3 |
53,829.7 |
57,297.6 |
59,075.2 |
57,563.7 |
58,832.1 |
58,563.3 |
58,096.1 |
56,979.0 |
56,949.0 |
58,100.7 |
60,295.9 |
1986 |
55,283.0 |
58,546.4 |
61,250.4 |
62,628.9 |
65,578.7 |
63,294.1 |
62,861.8 |
61,342.4 |
60,341.9 |
60,946.1 |
61,880.4 |
62,290.2 |
1987 |
56,488.6 |
60,641.1 |
61,627.2 |
61,733.5 |
61,750.0 |
64,315.2 |
62,404.8 |
62,643.9 |
59,339.3 |
60,707.9 |
58,877.0 |
61,720.2 |
1988 |
57,041.0 |
59,900.3 |
61,577.5 |
61,584.1 |
60,701.3 |
62,884.1 |
61,873.2 |
62,450.0 |
61,036.1 |
60,385.3 |
59,783.1 |
63,099.8 |
1989 |
55,556.8 |
58,492.6 |
60,500.1 |
60,242.0 |
62,088.7 |
63,521.0 |
62,335.0 |
63,362.0 |
61,922.8 |
61,973.6 |
61,339.0 |
63,182.4 |
1990 |
58,138.0 |
57,909.4 |
59,847.0 |
59,600.5 |
60,572.2 |
63,108.6 |
61,531.0 |
63,182.0 |
60,912.1 |
60,295.1 |
60,550.6 |
58,382.1 |
1991 |
56,924.5 |
59,384.5 |
61,553.8 |
61,982.0 |
62,244.9 |
63,319.4 |
62,600.6 |
62,534.0 |
60,346.2 |
61,181.3 |
60,442.9 |
61,521.7 |
1992 |
56,410.9 |
58,308.6 |
59,639.5 |
59,980.2 |
59,615.2 |
60,353.3 |
60,400.3 |
59,083.7 |
58,579.1 |
59,011.8 |
56,877.6 |
59,287.9 |
1993 |
53,826.6 |
57,305.3 |
57,624.8 |
58,138.7 |
57,465.8 |
60,391.1 |
58,807.7 |
58,453.0 |
57,462.3 |
55,432.4 |
55,743.5 |
56,074.7 |
1994 |
51,533.7 |
54,270.1 |
55,363.8 |
54,962.1 |
55,523.0 |
57,165.3 |
55,834.5 |
56,393.4 |
54,992.9 |
54,240.5 |
54,480.4 |
55,612.3 |
1995 |
51,200.2 |
54,138.2 |
55,592.4 |
55,456.8 |
56,242.2 |
58,547.4 |
56,944.0 |
58,296.8 |
56,580.9 |
55,610.5 |
55,907.4 |
56,471.5 |
1996 |
53,039.9 |
54,566.8 |
56,388.2 |
57,183.4 |
57,796.4 |
59,170.9 |
58,909.8 |
59,651.5 |
57,845.3 |
58,456.2 |
58,101.4 |
59,200.7 |
1997 |
54,440.6 |
57,313.3 |
58,443.8 |
58,854.0 |
57,840.1 |
59,820.3 |
65,294.2 |
64,803.7 |
63,680.2 |
64,355.2 |
62,252.8 |
66,017.1 |
1998 |
59,905.7 |
62,399.8 |
64,533.5 |
59,012.3 |
59,509.7 |
60,837.0 |
67,183.3 |
66,831.0 |
65,146.9 |
65,121.8 |
63,846.8 |
65,401.5 |
1999 |
60,254.0 |
62,779.7 |
63,320.2 |
63,722.4 |
63,464.7 |
64,458.4 |
62,669.7 |
61,363.0 |
59,265.4 |
60,415.4 |
59,078.1 |
62,719.0 |
2000 |
54,421.0 |
59,107.2 |
60,573.0 |
57,911.6 |
60,300.4 |
63,275.5 |
62,278.2 |
63,621.8 |
63,098.0 |
61,954.7 |
62,184.7 |
62,014.2 |
2001 |
58,139.5 |
61,731.0 |
62,859.5 |
62,301.3 |
62,878.9 |
65,417.0 |
62,534.2 |
64,390.5 |
62,214.2 |
60,864.4 |
60,024.8 |
60,793.5 |
2002 |
60,211.7 |
63,942.2 |
62,828.5 |
63,953.3 |
64,537.0 |
64,874.0 |
64,594.2 |
66,683.5 |
62,352.4 |
63,344.8 |
63,255.8 |
63,109.4 |
2003 |
60,247.9 |
60,803.4 |
60,815.8 |
61,728.4 |
66,315.5 |
66,426.5 |
66,803.1 |
66,812.7 |
63,949.0 |
64,615.5 |
63,778.4 |
63,394.5 |
2004 |
57,143.8 |
58,381.7 |
59,186.2 |
59,352.6 |
58,565.7 |
58,992.8 |
59,012.0 |
59,664.1 |
57,327.4 |
57,977.1 |
57,017.9 |
58,013.6 |
2005 |
54,938.7 |
58,368.8 |
58,330.0 |
59,093.3 |
59,474.5 |
61,731.9 |
61,109.4 |
61,220.9 |
57,866.5 |
57,075.2 |
59,094.7 |
59,426.1 |
2006 |
56,531.8 |
59,960.4 |
59,859.7 |
61,020.8 |
60,234.0 |
61,980.4 |
61,445.8 |
62,015.9 |
59,783.4 |
60,233.2 |
58,860.2 |
57,862.5 |
2007 |
54,698.1 |
56,954.9 |
57,278.7 |
57,354.7 |
58,719.6 |
60,865.7 |
58,806.7 |
60,178.5 |
57,912.9 |
57,843.2 |
56,579.0 |
54,650.0 |
2008 |
53,994.1 |
56,157.4 |
55,494.8 |
56,307.4 |
56,390.6 |
55,938.5 |
54,802.5 |
55,628.2 |
53,405.9 |
55,210.7 |
54,080.6 |
53,931.5 |
2009 |
51,108.7 |
50,968.4 |
51,298.4 |
51,215.6 |
50,957.0 |
50,419.6 |
49,677.9 |
49,966.5 |
48,669.6 |
48,461.0 |
47,454.3 |
47,441.4 |
2010 |
44,012.3 |
44,227.1 |
45,482.4 |
46,234.2 |
46,016.2 |
46,765.3 |
45,755.3 |
45,082.6 |
43,876.0 |
43,624.1 |
42,857.0 |
42,417.1 |
2011 |
40,331.0 |
40,924.9 |
41,608.1 |
41,555.0 |
41,172.9 |
42,477.2 |
42,448.3 |
42,351.8 |
41,972.6 |
32,015.0 |
30,971.6 |
30,413.9 |
2012 |
28,389.9 |
29,546.8 |
29,496.5 |
29,684.0 |
30,292.5 |
31,458.8 |
30,970.7 |
31,923.9 |
30,562.6 |
28,505.3 |
28,132.8 |
27,763.9 |
2013 |
27,138.8 |
27,952.0 |
28,216.4 |
28,179.6 |
24,384.0 |
24,143.9 |
23,567.1 |
24,120.5 |
23,245.9 |
23,696.7 |
23,720.4 |
18,630.2 |
2014 |
17,945.5 |
18,451.6 |
19,417.2 |
20,109.1 |
20,403.3 |
20,729.0 |
20,707.7 |
20,856.6 |
20,752.6 |
27,011.0 |
26,282.1 |
26,672.1 |
2015 |
24,222.5 |
24,638.9 |
24,788.2 |
25,390.7 |
25,873.6 |
26,042.4 |
26,309.2 |
26,005.0 |
25,747.8 |
25,931.3 |
25,152.0 |
25,285.8 |
2016 |
24,416.3 |
25,192.1 |
25,220.5 |
25,860.0 |
25,967.6 |
26,711.1 |
26,333.6 |
26,532.9 |
26,417.5 |
25,901.1 |
24,618.4 |
24,095.3 |
2017 |
22,921.3 |
23,759.0 |
24,509.5 |
24,330.4 |
24,855.6 |
25,664.7 |
24,812.9 |
25,229.3 |
24,577.5 |
24,906.8 |
24,276.3 |
24,090.2 |
2018 |
22,543.8 |
23,397.7 |
24,142.7 |
23,817.7 |
24,308.2 |
25,098.9 |
24,555.5 |
25,382.6 |
24,365.1 |
24,712.2 |
24,640.4 |
24,182.4 |
2019 |
23,194.3 |
23,566.3 |
24,340.2 |
24,1443 |
24,689.5 |
24,949.0 |
24,798.3 |
25,860.6 |
24,058.8 |
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Release Date: 4/1/2019 |
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The number of gallons of gasoline
used per person, driver, vehicle and household is below rates in 1984,
when the study was first conducted, according to researcher Michael Sivak of
the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
In 2013, gallons of gasoline
consumed per person (392) fell 17 percent from 2004, gallons used per driver
(583) fell 16 percent,
and gallons used per household (1,011)
fell 19 percent. 2004 was the year of maximum consumption for those categories.
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Gallons used per vehicle (524)
dipped 14 percent from 2003, which was its maximum consumption year.
Even though population grew 8
percent from 2004 to 2013, total fuel consumed by light vehicles decreased 11
percent, Sivak said in a statement.
In 1984, annual fuel consumption
rates were slightly higher than in 2013: 400 gallons per person, 608 gallons
per driver, 602 gallons per vehicle and 1,106 gallons per household.
The study also found that the number
of vehicles and distance driven per person, driver, vehicle and household are
at their lowest since the 1990s, the statement said.
The declining number is driven not
only by economic factors, but also rises in telecommuting and use of public
transportation, Sivak said.
“The reductions in the
fuel-consumption rates reflect, in part, the added contribution of the
improvements in vehicle fuel economy,” he said in a news release.
“Per person, per driver and per
household -- we now have fewer light-duty vehicles, we drive each of them less
and we consume less fuel than in the past,” Sivak added.
Sivak and fellow researcher Brandon
Schoettle also compile an average fuel economy report each month.
Why
do we not add the # gallons and Total Spent
on the initial fill-up in the Project Totals at the
bottom of your data presentation?
How
do we determine the #days in the project?
One of the Octane Molecules we will
study in Chapter 12
2,2,4
Trimethylpentane
What does this octane rating mean?
In your project conclusion describe what the octane rating means and
what octane you use in your vehicle.
Premium: 91-93 Octane Midgrade: 89 octane Regular: 87 octane
Can you buy 100 octane gasoline?
The student above did a nice job, good data collected,
good presentation (slightly different from what I outlined) and the totals make
sense.
The student filled up every purchase (not necessary). But I have questions
about the first line. Did he/she start the project October 7 or before
. Did he/she use the initial fillup and cost in the total gallons and total cost?
The student earned 40 points out of 50 as she/he did not
due the projections not the carbon
dioxide emmissions. Even though there is a question about the data he/she
earned 40/40 for doing a good job.
Second Sample Gasoline Project Fall 2018
The above data just does not make sense. The
student should have discussed this data before sending in the final project.
The student earned 30 points for data collection; but lost 10 points for the
calculation and presentation.
The student earned 2 points out of 10
for the two projections. Total 32/50.
Third Sample Gasoline
Project Fall 2018
This third project is excellent, the data is
collected & presented.
The first line is not used in the totals.
The calculations and projects make sense.
Grade 50/50
My Throw Away Car vs my
Hybrid
My concept of
driving with the increase cost of gasoline many years ago, was to have a car
which gets at least 20 miles per gallon;
but spend approximately only 5 to 10 cents a mile on the cost of the vehicle. At
$4 per gallon that is 20 cents per mile for gasoline
to drive plus 10 cents purchase cost per mile. At $2.00 per gallon and 20 mpg,
the cost is 10 cents per mile for gasoline.
The federal government states that it cost the average tax payer 57 cents per mile
to drive.
But that also takes in the cost of
insurance, repairs, tires, etc. To be happy I need to spend only 30 cents or
less per mile for gasoline and cost of the car.
In 1985, I purchased
second last brand new car. It was a GM Tech 4 engine
which got 27-37 mpg. Before that it was1963 when
I got my first brand new car which got 20
mpg car a VW Karman Ghia. My very first car was a 55 Ford coupe in 1958 which
got only 8-10 mpg.
(Gasoline then was 14 cents a gallon. I got upset in 1962 when gas jumped to
17-18 cents a gallon and so I went for the 20 mpg.
Have a laugh, ,but think about it a 4 cent jump was
almost a 30% increase.
Today that equates to $3 to $3.90.
Remember minimum wage in 1962 was 40 cents an hour, which was $16 per week for
a worker trying to just get by.
All the cars in between have been used from
excellent to tired old beat-up cars. Sometimes,
I call them Throw Away Cars (Spend
$1000 drive it 10,000 miles then throw it away: cost 10 cents per mile). (Put
$1000 in repairs, then I had to get 20,000 miles before throwing it away)
Now what about
hybrid vs total electric cars and the cost to operate?
If you do the math
the cost of the vehicle outweighs the saving in buying gasoline. A year ago,
gas was at an all-time low in January 2017 for the last 20 years at under $2.00,
so the small savings will not out weight the cost of the car. But we have seen
a yo-yo running out of energy. Gas goes up 20 cents; then drops 10; then it goes
up 20 cents and drops back 10. Now with the economy dumping the price has
fallen from $2.80 per gallon to as low as $1.95 just this week. Say you spend
$30,000 on a good hybrid, drive it 125,000 miles and then sold it for say
$5000. So, $25,000 was spent to drive 125,000 miles which is 20 cents per mile.
My Prius bought new in 2012 now has 124,000+ miles at a cost of $30,000 and the
gasoline is costing between 4 and 5 cents per mile…so I barely win cost wise but
the environment wins big with better yearly consumption data.
In your projections and summary portion of
this project I included some national data to explain we are using far less
gasoline than in 2007-2008. In my six years, 80 months using the Prius, I have
used approximately 2500 gallons of gasoline (or 500 gallons per year) versus 5500
gallons if I had continued to drive my previous car, a police interceptor Crown
Vic (or 1125 gallons per year). So, I have done my part in helping the
environment, while not exceeding my 30 cent per mile idea (and I am driving a
newer car)
If electricity is 12 cents per kWh — the national average (JEA 14.5 cents/kwh) — it would cost $3.48 to go 100 miles. At 20 mpg and $2.00 per gallon, then it would cost $10 to go 100 mile with gasoline. Another way to calculate cost is to use the number of kilowatt-hours it takes to recharge the EV's battery. If an EV requires 20 kWh to fully recharge and the rate is 12 cents per kwh, that's $2.40 to fill up the car (Nov 19, 2013) (JEA Rate is currently 14.2 cents per kwh and we do not variable rates depending on the time of day.) However, do we save the environment from CO2? Do the research and find out how much CO2 is emitted in a fossil fuel electric plant (like JEA) to produce on KWH. There is a power plant who has installed CO2 scrubbers, but the system is turned off. Why?
I am very concerned
about our environment. No matter how many mpg you get, every gallon of gasoline
you burn produces almost 18.7 pounds of Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere.
How much CO2 is generated to produce One KWH to charge the batteries of a pure electric car or a plug in hybrid? Is it more or less compared to burning one gallon of gasoline. Address this issue in your summary paper (Projections)
2012
Toyota Prius-Ray Data Collected (Recovered May 2018)
Purchased car: May 1, 2012 Odometer 00004 full tank
Month One: May 2012
1st fill-up:
Hess-Orange Park 5/10/12
9.2 gallons $3.629
$33.25 odometer: 00389.4 42.7 mpg
2nd fillup: Gate-Dunn 5/17/12
8.6_gallons $3.49 $29.80
odometer: 772
3rd fillup-Shell @ Emerson 5/24/12
9.3 gallons $3.48 $32.25
Odometer 1142 371 miles
39.9 mpg
Gate-Dunn 5/29/12 fillup
2.66 gall0ons $3.389 $9.01 Odometer 1248
Gate-Dunn 5/31/12 fillup
3.25gallons ( $3.389) Odometer 1401 $11.00
BP-Ocala Return from Tampa 6/3/12 (not
fil-up)
3.0 gallons $3.47 Odometer 1820 $10.00
Marathon-Ocala 6/3/12 (fillup)
6.7 gallons $3.239 $21.75
Odometer 1829
Total 42.7 gallons 1829 miles = 42.7 mpg
Total Spent
$147.06 to date or 8.04 cents/mile
Crown Vic
equivalence:
1829
miles divided by 20 =
91.49 gallons @ 3.44/gallon = $314.40
Saved
$167.33 in month of May
Month Two: June 2012
Gate-Dunn 6/4/12
3.3 gallons $3.319 $10.90 1974 miles
Gate-Dunn 6/11/12
8.4 gallons $3.269 $27.51 2350 miles
Shell-Hodges 6/17/12
8.2 gallons $3.289 $27.00 2714
Gate-Dunn 6/26/12
8.9 gallons $3.179 $28.25
3107.5 miles
Gate-Dunn 7/2/12
3.2 Gallons $3.139
$10.00
Shell-Hodges 7/3/12
8.55 gallons $3.159 $27.01
3626.5
June
Total 40.55 gallons 1797.5 miles = 44.33_ mpg
$130.67 spent
2 Month Total 83.25 gallons 3625.5 miles = 43.54 mpg
Total Spent $ 277.73 to date or 7.66 cents/mile
Month Three: July 2012
Gate-Dunn 7/10/12
8.13 gallons $3.229
$26.25 3980.6
Shell-Hodges 7/17/12 lost ticket
found 3/14
9.051 Gallons $3.259 $29.50 4364
Kangaroo Express 7/24/12
8.81 gallons $3.349 $29.58 4755
Gate-Dunn 7/26/12
3.07 gallons $3.339 $10.25
4867
Gate-Dunn 8/6/12
5.45 gallons $3.489 $19.02 5113f
New
Total: 5113 miles
July Total 34.51 gallons 14.87.5 miles = 43.1 mpg
$114.60 spent
3 Month Total 117.76 gallons 5113 miles = 43.4 mpg
Total Spent $393.33 to date or 7.67 cents/mile
Month Four:
August 2012
Shell-Emerson
8/12/12
8.891 gallons $3.599 $32.00
5500f
Shell-Hodges 8/25/12 missing ticket AMX
estimate
E8.70 gallons E$3.639 $31.67 5844
Shell-Hodges
8/25/12
8.205 gallons $3.639 $29.86 6210
August Total E25.80 gallons E1097 miles = E40.5 mpg
$93.53 Spent
4 Month Total 143.6 gallons 6206
miles = 42.5 mpg
Total Spent $426.36 to date or 7.84_ cents/mile
Month Five: September 2012
Kangaroo 9/08/12
2.668 gallons $3.749 $10.00
6583
Shell-Emerson 9/12/12
9.059 gallons $3.699 $33.51 6688f
Gate-Dunn
9/17/12
3.973 Gallons $3.779 $15.01
7087 nf
Gate-Dunn
9/18/12
8.528 gallons $3.729 $31.80
7218 f
Gate-Dunn
9/21/12
6.157 gallons $3.679 $22.65
7478f
Kangaroo 9/29/12
4.415 gallons $3.629 $16.02
Sam’s
Club 9/29/12
5.271 gallons $3.559 $18.81
7899 f
September Total 40.07 gallons 1689
miles = 43.15 mpg Spent $147.80
5 Month Total 143.56
gallons 7895 miles = 42.99 mpg
Total Spent $634.66to date or 8.04 cents/mile
Month Six: October 2012
Shell-Hodges 10/06/12
8.254 gallons $3.579 $29.54
8267 fr
Gate-Dunn
10/15/12
9.072 Gallons $3.639
$33.01 8657f
Shell-Emerson
10/19/12
7.288 gallons $3.499 $25.50 8977f
Shell-Emerson 10/24/12
7.590 gallons $3.399 $25.80 9311f
Hess-University 10/29/12
4.818 gallons $3.229 $15.56 9515f
October Total 37.022 gallons 1612 miles = 43.54 mpg Spent $129.41
6 Month Total 220.65 gallons 9515
miles = 43.10 mpg
Total Spent $764.07 to date or 8.03 cents/mile
Month Seven: November 2012
10,000 mile Service Coggan
Toyota
11/2 Oil Change Pennzoil 0-20W Synthetic Tires Rotated
11/??/12 Missing Ticket E~7.6 gallons E$24.57
Sam’s
Club 11/09/12
9.382 gallons $3.199 $30.01 10,244 f
Shell-Hodges
11/15/12
7.869 gallons $3.179 $25.02
10,590f
11/26/12
Gate-Dunn No f
4.590 gallons $3.269 $15.00
10,982 nf
11/29/12 Gate-Dunn f
9.401 gallons $3.249 $30.54
11208f
November Total 38.883 gallons 1693
miles = 43.54 mpg Spent $125.14
Grand Total 259.53 gallons 11,204
miles = 43.2 mpg
Total Spent $889.08 to date or 7.93_ cents/mile
Month Eight December 2012
12/3/12
Gate Dunn F
7.725 gallons $3.239 $25.02 11541
12/06/12
Shell-University F
6.601 gallons $3.249 $21.45
11840f
12/11/12
Gate Dunn f
9.415 gallons $3.189 $30.02
12261
12/15/12
Sam’s Club-Beach f
6.921 gallons $3.109 $21.52
12,572
12/30/12
Shell-West Palm Cruise almost F
9.013 gallons $3.439 $31.00 12,951
12/31/12
Sam’s Club Beach f
8.933 gallons $3.359 $30.01
13,282
December Total 47.897 gallons 2074
miles = 43.3 mpg Spent $159.02
Grand Total 307.427 gallons
12947_ miles = 42.11 mpg
Total Spent $1048.10 to date or 8.09 cents/mile
Month
Nine January 2013
1/17/13 Sam’s Club Beach
f
7.570 gallons $3.369 $25.50
13,633
1/20/13 7-11 Pasco f (Trip
to Jenny-return)
8.586 gallons $3.319 $28.50
14,012
1/21/13
Shell-Emerson f (return from trip)
5.663 gallons $3.399 $19.25 debit 14,247
1/31/13 Shell-Kent not
fillup
4.289 gallons $3.499 $15.01
14,667
2/3/13 Shell-Kent fill-up
(AMX Miki)
8.294 gallons $3.499 $29.02
14,943
January Total 34.402 gallons 1661_
miles = 42.28_ mpg SWpent $117.28
Grand Total 341.829_
gallons 14,939 miles = 43.7 mpg
Total Spent $ 1165.38 to date or 7.80 cents/mile
Month Ten February 2013
2/13/13 Shell-University Almost fill
4.445 gallons $3.599 $16.00 15,079
2/17/13 Shell-Wesley
Chapel no fill
3.004 gallons $3.789 $11.38 Debit xxxxx
2/19/13
Shell-US19 Palm harbor no fill
4.052 gallons $3.779 $15.31 Debit xxxxx
2/19/13
Shell-US19 Palm Harbor fillup
6.516 gallons $3.779 $24.25 Amx 16,xxx
2/22/13 BJ-Atlantic fillup
8.489 gallons $3.769 $32.00 16,054 debit fill-up
3/2/13Shell-Atlantic
fill-up
7.146 gallons $3.779 $27.00 16,390 debit
February Total 32.652 gallons 1447
miles = 43.0 mpg Spent $115.94
Grand Total 375.491 gallons
16,386 miles = 43.64_ mpg
Total Spent $1281.32_ to date or 7.82 cents/mile
Month
Eleven March 2013
3/8/13
Shell-University fill-up
5.573 gallons $3.699 $20.61 16,634 debit
3/11/13
Hess StRd54 fill-up
5.745 gallons $3.489 $20.04
16,894 debit
3/15/13
Gate-Dunn fill-up
8.773 gallons $3.649 $32.01 17292 debit
3/26/13
Shell-Costco Not fillup
5.510 gallons $3.629
$20.00 XXXXXX(not recorded)
3/28/13
Shell-Hodges Fillup
5.621 gallons $3.559 $20.01 17,797 debit
March Total 31.222 gallons 1407 miles = _____ mpg Spent $112.57
Grand Total 406.713 gallons
17,793 miles = 43.74_ mpg
Total Spent $1393.89 to date or 7.83 cents/mile
Month
Twelve April 2013
4/10/13 Gateway-Dunn Fill-up
9.414 gallons $3.479 $32,75 18232 debit
4/18/13 Gateway-Dunn fill-up
7.861 gallons $3.409 $26.80
18583 Credit? Com First
4/23/13
Gateway-Dunn fill-up
6.365 gallons $3.379 $21.51 18,836 Debit-Com 1st
4/28/13
Shell Daytona Beach –not fill-up
5.208 gallons $3.459 $18.81
xxxxx Debit-Com 1st
4/29/13
Gateway-Dunn fill-up
Debit Com 1st
5.092 gallons $3.339 $17.00 19,315 Com
First Debit
April
Total 33.940 gallons 1518 miles = 44.73 mpg Spent
$116.87
Actual
One Year Totals: (May
10,2012-April 28, 2013)
Grand Total 440.653 Gallons 19,311 Miles 353 Days
Total Spent $1510.76 to date or 7.82_
cents/mile
Mile Per Day 54.7
2004
Volvo S80 Twin Turbo T6 Chris’s Car
March
2016 Purchased Car
3/?/16
Phillips Hwy 93 octane Visa new (no ticket in log book)
18.406 Gallons $2.499 $x.xx 109,400 fill (initial fillup of used car)
3/25/16 Circle K-Shell Tarpon Springs 93
octane Visa new
16.604 Gallons
$2.499 $41.00 109,743 fill
4/14 /16 Car ideal 2 hrs at auction; 6 gal to
get back to Jax?
4/08/16Circle K-Shell Tarpon Springs 93
octane VISA-new
19.112 Gallons $2.459 $47.00
110,665 fill-up
4/12/16 Shell-Gainesville 87 octane VISA new
17.972 Gallons $2.059 $37.22 111,072
fillup
4/16/16 Shell-Beach 93 octane VISA new
18,118 Gallons $2.539 $46.00 111,467
fill-up
1 week at body shop
4/28/16 Shell-Beach 93 octane VISA new
14.668 Gallons $2.659
$39.00 111,756 fill-up
April 2016 Total ____ gallons _______ miles = _____ mpg
Grand Total ________
gallons ___________ miles = ________ mpg
Total Spent $________ to date or _______ cents/mile
Data from May 2016 to present needs to be added
here
During October 2018 my computer crashed. When I transferred my complete project
through October 2018 I copied the wrong file and
deleted the file with all my data. Later I found a file which had all my data
through May 2016 so the first year of data above is what I collected. I have
been trying to restructure all the missing data from my credit card receipts
which do not show price and odometer reading
Students
needing a project: (just 10-20 points as I collected the data)
An Alternative Project if you do not drive noir own a vehicle is to do a
measurement of you primary electric demand. This
project will be added to the project list as Project #2a if there is a request.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in 2018, U.S. motor gasoline and diesel (distillate) fuel consumption in the U.S. transportation sector resulted in the emission of about 1,099 million metric tons (MMmt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) and 461 MMmt of CO2, respectively, for a total of 1,559 MMmt of CO2. This total was equal to 81% of total U.S. transportation sector CO2 emissions and equal to 30% of total U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions in 2018.1
Under international agreement, CO2 emissions from the combustion of biomass or biofuels are not included in national greenhouse gas emissions inventories.2 Therefore, estimates for the CO2 emissions that result from the consumption (combustion) of ethanol in gasoline and of biodiesel in diesel fuel are not included in EIA’s estimates of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions.
In 2018, emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the U.S. electric power sector were 1,763 million metric tons (MMmt), or about 33% of total U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions of 5,269 (MMmt).1
CO2 emissions by U.S. electric power sector by source, 2018
Source |
Million metric tons |
Share of sector total |
Coal |
1,150 |
65% |
Natural gas |
581 |
33% |
Petroleum |
21 |
1% |
Other2 |
11 |
<1% |
Total |
1,763 |
|
1 Includes CO2 emissions from the combustion of miscellaneous waste materials made from fossil fuels and by some types of geothermal power generation.