How to avoid paying for gas this Labor Day weekend

With Labor Day weekend fast approaching, I’m sure many of you are planning on hitting the road to see family, friends or relax at your favorite vacation spot.

Of course, being an organization in the energy sector, the holiday weekend got us thinking about one thing: gas prices.

Many of you will be happy to hear that the price for regular, unleaded gas this Labor Day weekend is projected to be about $2.64 per gallon—about a dollar cheaper than last year’s holiday price.

But what if you didn’t have to worry about stopping to fill up at all?

Hybrid-electric cars are becoming more popular, and that’s good for several reasons.

To start with, these cars draw energy from the electricity grid rather than on foreign-based gasoline. And given that we get half of our electricity from coal, we know these vehicles are running off of energy from an abundant, domestic and affordable resource.

Furthermore, if a plug-in hybrid’s electricity can be produced from power plants utilizing clean coal technology, we can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions for cars on the road—without increasing emissions in the utility sector.

So keep clean coal technology in mind as you hit the road this weekend. After all, it might be what helps you skip the gas station on your next vacation and rev up with clean, American power.

Safe travels this weekend!