Beat High Gas Prices Now!: The Fastest, Easiest Ways to Save $20-$50 Every Month on Gas [Paperback]

Diane MacEachern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

No one ever won a prize for spending the most money possible on gas. Our goal should be to spend the least amount of money, and use the least amount of fuel, to cover the distance we want to go, states MacEachern.

If you're looking for ways to spend less money on gas but still get where you want to go, this handy guidebook offers dozens of easy-to-follow tips to help you beat the pump.

Here's what you'll find inside:

* How to make gas go farther when you drive to work or go shopping

* Information to help you choose a new car if you want to trade in your current gas guzzler for a gas stretcher

* Ways to use the Internet to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood

* What credit cards give you money back when you buy gas

* How smart driving can save you $50 every month at the pump

* How to get a $2,000 tax deduction when you buy a gas-saving hybrid vehicle

* A fuel cost calculator so you can see exactly how much money you're spending on gas

PLUS: Specific tips to help you save $20, $30, $40 and even $50 a month at the pump.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A host of tips...written in a pithy, positive voice that is free of guilt-inducing language about the evils of driving." -- treehugger.com, Erin Oliver

"For some, 'energy security' means drilling for oil. MacEachern shows the real answer lies in smarter auto selection and use." -- National Wildlife Federation

"If every driver would read this...we might even start to put the brakes on global warming." -- Robert Engelman, board chairman, Center for a New American Dream

"It's a quick read with lasting results." -- Sue Goldstein, The Underground Shopper

"It's great for the environment and good for your pocketbook, too." -- Kal Stein, President, Earth Share

"This practical guide will help ease the squeeze on consumer pocketbooks while also benefiting the environment and U.S. energy security." -- Alliance to Save Energy

"You'll save all kinds of money and be amazed at how easy it is." -- Andy Johnson, Host, "Down to Business", WYMM - Jacksonville's Talk Superstation

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740760025
• ISBN-13: 978-0740760020
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,690,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Consumer Guides

More About the Author

Diane MacEachern, the founder and president of BigGreenPurse.com, is passionate about empowering women to use their marketplace clout to protect the environment. A best-selling author, successful business woman, entrepreneur and long-time conservationist, she has launched wwww.biggreenpurse.com, the only website in the U.S. dedicated specifically to transforming women's environmental concerns into measurable improvements in our quality of life. Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World, is her fourth book.

Big Green Purse has been featured in media outlets ranging from Family Circle, Body + Soul, More, and Sierra to U.S. News & World Report, CNN Radio, and Martha Stewart Living Radio. Diane speaks frequently to companies, government institutions, and non-profit organizations, including groups like the American Bankers Association, Toyota's In the Interest of Women annual conference, Harvard University, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her Big Green Purse blog is being carried by Environmental News Network, The Daily Green, BoomerGirl.com, and many more.

Diane's best-selling first book Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up the Earth was featured on national television programs ranging from CNN Headline News to ALive with Regis and Kathie Lee@ to AThe ABC Network Television Earth Day Special@ and the ANBC Network Earth Day Special.' The book was also reprinted in Italy and Japan. Said Michael McCloskey, chairman of The Sierra Club, 'MacEachern pulls the whole picture together as no one has ever done: what the problems are, what we can do, and why it makes a difference.'

As the co-founder and chief executive of Vanguard Communications, Ms. MacEachern helped develop and implement national strategies to educate the public about such pressing issues as ocean pollution, renewable resources, sustainable agriculture, endangered species, wilderness preservation, human rights, civil society, land use planning, and nuclear weapons. For several years, she played an integral role in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to develop and implement a nationwide initiative to educate the public about global warming. Diane collaborated with Earth Day 2000 in developing an international program to raise awareness about opportunities for fuel efficiency and non-polluting energy sources. She was part of the team that helped create the 2-million acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument during the Clinton Administration.

In addition to Save Our Planet, Diane has enjoyed success as a newspaper and magazine columnist, contributing author, and web writer. Diane has written regularly for Good Housekeeping magazine. In addition, her writings have appeared in Family Circle, Self, Christian Science Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, Reader's Digest, First for Women, Baltimore Sun, Country Living, and many more. She has produced numerous award-winning publications on a wide variety of energy and environmental topics for members of Congress, the media and the public at large. She is also the author of Enough is Enough! The Hellraiser's Guide to Community Activism: How to Organize a Successful Campaign for Change. In addition, her writing appears in 50 Ways to Love Your Country (Inner Ocean Press for MoveOn.org).

Diane MacEachern received a Master's Degree from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. She is the vice-chair of the board of directors for the Alaska Wilderness League, where she is part of the team working to protect America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical, topical, and helpful, May 10, 2006

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This review is from: Beat High Gas Prices Now!: The Fastest, Easiest Ways to Save $20-$50 Every Month on Gas (Paperback)

This book was out before the current precipitous upward climb in gas prices. It sets out practical, and easy-to-do things one can do to reduce gasoline comsumption, and quantifies the savings that will result. The writing is direct, easy to understand, and abundantly helpful. Well worth the price of admission!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware -- You need this book, May 5, 2006

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M. Katz (Bethesda, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beat High Gas Prices Now!: The Fastest, Easiest Ways to Save $20-$50 Every Month on Gas (Paperback)

With gas prices so high I would not buy a new car without this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book Full Of Great Tips and Info, June 12, 2008

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Ramona "Ramona" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat High Gas Prices Now!: The Fastest, Easiest Ways to Save $20-$50 Every Month on Gas (Paperback)

This is a very helpful book, full of great info and helpful tips. In this day of high-priced gas we need all the help we can get. This is a must read for anyone worried about gas prices, the economy, or making ends meet. And who isn't?