Archive for the ‘ automobile efficiency ’ Category

Green Term of the Week – Hypermiling

The news about gas prices and the gas supply over the past few weeks have been alarming. We’ve been watching a lot more news commentary type programs lately, mostly because of the elections, so I’ve been listening to all of the reasons why the experts think the gas prices are going up so quickly. People [ READ MORE ]

American Idling – If You’re Gonna Use The Drive-thru, Turn off the Engine!

I hadn’t intended on taking my car though the bank drive-thru this morning, but my morning was rearranged by unexpected circumstances. So I found myself loading my son in the car with me and heading to the bank. There was an open drive-thru lane so I choose the drive-thru, pulled up, put my car in [ READ MORE ]

Ten Ways to Conserve Gasoline

As promised yesterday, today I’ve got some ideas on how to make your gas dollars go further. I have never seen prices at the pumps this high before. My husband and I both work from home and the car we primarily drive is a hybrid, so these high prices aren’t killing us the way they [ READ MORE ]

I Love My Prius – A Little Praise for my Hybrid

For the past few days every time I’ve driven by the local gas station it seems the price has gotten higher and higher. I live in a state that has some of the lower gas prices, at least in the northeast, but they’ve gone well over $3/gallon in the past few days. So I’m just [ READ MORE ]

Oh, the Pressure!

There are lots of little, easy things that can be done to make this world a little greener. Making sure the tire pressure on your car’s tires is where it should be is one of them. I read the other day that Americans waste 4 million gallons of gasoline each day simply because their tires [ READ MORE ]

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