Tag Archives: People
Washing Your Car More Sustainably by Laura Klein
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Noel.
With hose in hand and sponge in the bucket, you’re ready to get your car spick and span. But you may be washing toxic chemicals and too much water into your local waterway, adding to pollution and over-worked pumping stations. And you wouldn’t be alone. Nearly half of all Americans like to wash their cars at home. While this may be a cheaper option, it isn’t less costly for the planet.
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Types of Green Vehicles
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Anna.
The different types of green vehicles are mostly ones that use alternative energy sources either wholly or partly instead of the fossil fuel. Alternative energy refers to non-petroleum products such as electricity, alcohol, biodiesel, hydrogen, liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas, liquids made from coal and compressed natural gas.
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3 Advantages of Hybrid Cars Over Conventional Cars
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Guest.
Because of rising fuel costs and the environmental damage caused by an excess of carbon dioxide emissions, car owners are looking for alternatives. Oil prices continue to rise and its supply continues to dwindle. This is one reason why some people are interested on owning a hybrid car. Hybrid cars are becoming more and more popular as time goes by. And as the technology improves, hybrid cars become more affordable. It will not be long before we begin to see that most cars on the road are hybrids.
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Seven Reasons for Buying a Hybrid Car
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Grace.
Hybrid cars are the talk of the talk these days. They are featured every day in some major newspaper or on a television network. Car manufacturers are churning out new hybrid models every so often, and people are lining up to get their hands on one.
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The Electric Mini Cooper
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Anna.
The electric Mini Cooper, or “Mini-E,” as it is popularly called, is on field trial in the US. It is a Mini Cooper S that runs fully on electric energy. For a limited time, people can lease one for a year, and at the end of the contract, the car will be taken back by Mini Cooper for evaluation of their performance.
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High Gas Prices – We Broke It Can We Can Fix It
Posted on 13. Aug, 2008 by Anna.
By Stingram
We all complain about the price of gas.
Gas Prices are at record highs. What can the average person do about it? What noise can we make to get our country free again from the stranglehold of high oil prices?
We Got Ourselves Into This – We Can Get Ourselves Out Of It…
Most of the [...]
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Don’t Drive Angry
Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by Anna.
Driving when you are angry or upset can be dangerous and it can also have bad effects on your fuel consumption.
As covered this this post on a Hypermiling Blog I came across, driving when you are angry can cause you to waste gas.
Speeding, slamming on the brakes, and excessive start-and-stop driving, all lower your gas [...]
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Hypermiling Successes
Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by Anna.
I’ve seen a few successes posted here and there on the web, written by people who have employed hypermiling techniques successfully to get better gas mileage.
I will start posting some of the links I come across as I think its important for my blog readers to be able to see whether people really can and [...]
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Hypermiling, As Safe As Drinking Water?
Posted on 04. Jul, 2008 by Anna.
There has been a lot of hallaballua on the media about hypermiling, and some controversy on whether or not it is a “safe” practice. At this point it is beginning to appear a bit over-the-top.
Is hypermiling safe?
Well, the answer to that really depends on how you apply hypermiling.
Anything, taken to extremes, can become dangerous. It [...]
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