product but the u.s. forest service doesn t use it. you would think they would use the best products to fight fires but what you think you know is often not so. i have learned that repeatedly in my 40 years reporting. i found what i thought i knew isn t true. and for years the experts said we are running out of oil but no we re not. people told me premium gas is better for your car. that makes sense because it costs more but it s not better. you are wasting your money unless you have a very unusual car. everyone knows cousins can t legally get married. cousins can legally marry in half of the states. women are bad drivers but where is the evidence? we men pay higher insurance rates because we are much more likely to crash. one more myth. do we have a full moon tonight?
don t need the premium. you can save a little gas money there. basically, inside the fuel filler door, it will say either premium required tore proposal yum recommended or it won t say anything. if it says premium required, then you want to use premium gas. if it says premium recommended, then you don t need to. arthel: you can go to the one lower? yes. arthel: so minimize driving with a cold engine. basically if you re going out and you have a bunch of errands to do, one of the things we found that cost the most in fuel economy was restarting the car all the time with a cold engine. so if you combine all of those trips into one, make a few stops, if you stop for a minute or two, the engine won t cool off that much. rick: what about the tires? the amount of air in your tires could have an effect. the amount of air in your tires, if you are down ten pounds of air in a tire, that will also cost you 2, 3 miles per gallon. the more important thing is safety with keeping your
sometimes people want to run me out of town. you are too tough on the oil companies. i m saying, the oil is owned collectively. i m working for the people of alaska. got to make sure there is integrity both engineering wise, ethical legislation, vote buying sometimes you hear about, i oversaw all of that and made sure the oil companies were adhering to the leases and their agreement. you know, that is what it took. exxon finally, got their drill rigs and hired the guys. they ever up there, we finally see some action. john: thank you governor palin. thank you. john: coming up, more myths about oil and gasoline. high obtain gas, is this better how much coffee are you fellows going to need today?
companies. i m saying, the oil is owned collectively. i m working for the people of alaska. got to make sure there is integrity both engineering wise, ethical legislation, vote buying sometimes you hear about, i oversaw all of that and made sure the oil companies were adhering to the leases and their agreement. you know, that is what it took. exxon finally, got their drill rigs and hired the guys. they ever up there, we finally see some action. john: thank you governor palin. thank you. john: coming up, more myths about oil and gasoline. high obtain gas, is this better for your car?
gofh contrast an average of 38 cents per gallon. that is the average gas tax. it s 66 cents in california. it s government that is greedy. not that oil companies won t rip you off if you let them. they sell us like high octane fuel, premium gas. people think premium is ber the. it s better. it keeps your engine clean zbler when i put regular it runs out faster. i think it s safer to put in more premium gas. john: it won t last longer. a few cars with high compression and high revving engine need it but for 90% of the cars sold today, high octane is no better. you are just wasting your money. finally, i don t mean to suggest that everyone i interviewed was as wrong as those people you just saw and bill o reilly.