Comments on: The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Design Tinkering Edition http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mitch http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24474 Mitch Thu, 10 May 2007 18:20:51 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24474 Is the quote below the bit you’re moving around? I’m not sure that it really distinguishes TSD from any other PF site–it sounds like a generic corporate mission statement to me. It might be nice, though, if you included the “financial talk for the rest of us” in your alt text.

“The Simple Dollar is for those of us who need both cents and sense: people fighting debt and bad spending habits while building a financially secure future and still affording a latte or two. Our busy lives are crazy enough without having to compare five hundred mutual funds – we just want simple ways to manage our finances and save a little money.”

]]> By: Brad http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24439 Brad Thu, 10 May 2007 16:01:47 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24439 We would have a lot fewer starving seniors if we would focus more on repaying our parents by planning on taking care of them when they are older, instead of relying on the government, pensions, or something else. While we should all save what we can for our own later years, the lack of a familial commitment is an overall negative, IMHO.

Brad

]]> By: Trent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24431 Trent Thu, 10 May 2007 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24431 James: that’s roughly what we pay in Iowa for it, about 95% or so of the price of 87.

]]> By: James http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24419 James Thu, 10 May 2007 14:28:53 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/10/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-design-tinkering-edition/#comment-24419 The 10% ethanol blend is cheaper than the “real stuff” (even at lower octane) for a reason. Ethanol, while it is a decent fuel and can easily boost the octane of gasoline, has a significantly lower energy density than pure gasoline (25 MJ/kg compared to 45 MJ/kg). This works out to 125.5 MJ/gallon for gas and 74.6 MJ/gallon for ethanol. A 10% blend works out to have about 95% of the energy density (per gallon) as pure gasoline, so if you’re paying more than 95% of the pure 87 octane price, you may not actually be saving money.

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