- Keep your vehicle well-maintained with regular servicing to keep it operating at its peak efficiency.
- Drive slower and with more patience. The slower you drive and the less you accelerate, the less fuel you will use.
- Get a membership with the Better World Club (the environmentalist's AAA).
- Keep your car clean without using a drop of water. "Waterless" cleaners save up to 100 gallons of H2O per typical driveway car wash and prevent pollutants from entering streams and groundwater supplies. Some examples of cleaners include No-Wet Green and Clean Waterless Wax & Wash, Lucky Earth Waterless Car Wash, and Eco Touch Waterless Car Wash + Polish.
- Plan out your car trips in advance to ensure you maximize your time while minimizing your mileage.
- Carpool with coworkers, friends, neighbors and family.
- Consider renting a car when you really need one instead of owning one. Enterprise, Hertz, and Avis are good places to start. I-Go Car Sharing is an organization that allows members living or working in the same area to have access to cars within a short walking distance.
- Check out greenercars.org.
Fun fact: Using a proprietary software to map out the routes for its fleet of 95,000 delivery trucks, UPS has cut out some 28.5 million miles, 3 million gallons of fuel, and 31,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide by optimizing the most efficient routes for delivery. And this includes taking few, if any, left turns.
1 comment:
great article.
i prefer using Detail Magic waterless wash and wax. All you do is spray it on and wipe it off. what you're left with is a really nice shine that will last a few weeks.
the best part about it is that you won't waste a single drop of water while doing this. i get mine at home depot and one bottle will usually wash about 6-10 cars. great product!
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