Energy Project Evaluation

Final Energy Project thoughts:

My findings were a good representation of someone living in a small community (like a college) but what about more average people. What about people who travel in larger circles? Or what about people who spend more money on their cars? This project needs replicated to fit the lifestyles of more people. I think if more people tried this experiment (possibly with larger radius), we'd get a better understanding of the average person and their expense on commuting. I think the average person would have to bike a larger radius.... but hey.... isn't that a good thing anyway. Thanks for taking time to read, the following are self-evaluations of my presentation and my video.

Presentation: 88 out of 100
Good things:
-Content interesting and well organized
-Conclusions offered viewers options
-Data was defined and gathered well
Needs improvement:
-Too many variables
-When vehicle is needed to transport more
people or objects than only the driver
-What effect will ice have on both driving
and biking?

Video: 88 out of 100
Good things:
-Delivery and tone was comfortable
-Hand motions added
-transitional phrases helped
Needs improvement
- read off of Power Point too often
-speed was fast
-intonation was not varied

Energy Project

I live in a small town and driving is expensive so I did an experiment to calculate how much time and money I'd save by riding my bike everywhere in a 2 mile radius. The full presentation and results can be found by clicking here.

About my experiment:
I have an inexpensive car, drive very little, have cheap insurance, and work on my own car. I also pedal fast and the price of gas was based upon a rate of $4.39 per gallon.

My findings

I traveled an average of 50 miles per week and 23% of my miles were outside of a 2 mile radius. This means that I can use my bike for most of my transportation. (I base my final figures on my lifestyle and a complete and detailed power point presentation math can be found by clicking here.

My calculations:

• my car costs about $2700 per year to operate.
• Riding my bike costs me about $350 per year.
• The time spent commuting on a bike and in a car is almost equal.
• Biking is more economical and equals a savings of about $8.50 per hour.

For raw data and figures, click here. You can watch me give this presentation by clicking here.