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Does Using a Higher Octane Gas Improve Fuel Economy?

By: Scott Siegel

Is higher octane gas worth the $208.00 increase in gas costs per year? Does the higher octane premium gas result in better mileage? Is better fuel economy attained by using premium gas? Does higher octane gas enable your car run better?

It will cost you $208.00 annually if you fill your car with premium gas instead of regular. The difference between regular fuel and premium fuel is about twenty cents per gallon. Therefore it will cost you $4.00 more per tank if you use premium gasoline instead of regular gasoline. This assumes you have a 20 gallon tank and you fill up about once per week.

Let’s look at the increase in fuel economy question first. The plain and simple answer is absolutely not, higher octane gas does not effect fuel economy at all. The octane number is a rating that has nothing to do with how efficient it is in moving your car.

The octane rating of gasoline is a relative number showing the amount of isooctane in the gasoline as opposed to the amount of heptane in the gasoline. To make it simple, the octane rating is a representation of how much energy it takes to ignite that gasoline. This octane measurement does not indicate the amount of energy the gasoline produces, which would be an indicator of fuel economy. The final answer is:octane rating and increased fuel economy have no relationship whatsoever!

The second question concerning premium gas making your car run better. Does it? The plain and simple answer once again is no, there is absolutely no significant difference in the performance of your car if you use premium gas.

I have to add this one caveat, in regards to performance gain, there is the possibility that your vehicle could show a little horsepower gain with premium gas as opposed to regular gas but it would be so small that it would be almost impossible to notice. This small increase in horsepower really only is there because it can give car makers a little extra marketing fodder by using a claim on horsepower as part of their advertising.

Car manufacturers utilize this slight horsepower gain to market their cars claiming more horsepower by optimizing and designing their cars to take advantage of higher octane premium gasoline’s anti-knock properties. Engineers and car experts agree that if you opt to use regular gasoline in your car designed for premium gasoline, the loss of horsepower is so small, you will not be able to detect any difference.

What if your car manufacturer recommends that you use premium? In this case burning regular instead of premium won’t void the warranty, nor damage the engine, most automakers say.

How we can understand, what takes place in economy?

By: Alex Sam

The economists use special economic datas to trace, to forecast and to analyse variations in economy in general and in its separate branches. From different economic datas published by state and other establishments, the economists are interested theme, which one mirror current or future state of economy. These reports are called as economic parameters, because they image state of economy. They can help to the manager to administer the company in changed conditions.

Where it is possible to receive economic datas? Except for specialized sources, you can find them and their analysis in business press, specially in the national daily business newspapers. In this publication we shall consider following key economic parameters:

* Level of economic growth vs. Price and inflation

* Interest rates vs. Unemployment

* Construction and sale of housing accommodation vs. Retail trade and sale of new automobiles

The largest parameter: a level of economic growth. This basic parameter mirrors percent (interest) of growth of all economy considered. Itself it is defined as out-to-out of economy. The given parameter consists of following summands: consumer spendings, investments, expenditures on public account and net export (export a minus import).
It is published monthly. But, unfortunately, it revise later. The difference between primal and final significances can reach one - two percents of interests for a parameter, the average significance constitutes which one approximately three percents of interests.

Consider deviations from this three-percentage level and find a trend. The trend is a most relevant element If there is a reduction of economic growth within several months or quarters, that, probably, the conditions of existence of many kinds of business become more difficult. During decrease of growth the buyers spend less, hence, companies do make the same. The companies do not wish to make and to accrue at themselves production, which one does not find sales, and reduce production. If you have noticed, that your business reduces revolutions, would be excellent idea to trace conduct of your buyers and schedules of sales, and, probably, you should reduce production, purchases of raw material and amount accepted on operation. Do not run into a panic, but be specially close during such slowing down.