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- Save The Earth With Your Car
Save The Earth With Your Car
Help save the planet by modifying your driving habits and by maintaining your vehicle in an environmentally responsible manner.
- Recycle motor oil and batteries
- Call your local transit system for bus schedules
- Call your local carpool program or start one in your town
- Carpool the kids to their school events
- Carpool to the ski slopes
- Carpool to go shopping
- Eat lunch at the office instead of going out
- Call stores first to see if they have what you want
- Combine several small trips into one
- Shop by mail and catalogs
- Plan an evening at home with your kids
- Do errands on the way home from work
- Encourage your teens to walk or ride their bikes rather than taking the car, and do the same yourself
- Shop for a neighbor when going to the grocery store or form a neighborhood co-op
- Have your car's emissions tested regularly
- Tune-up your car, especially before winter
- Check for proper tire inflation when gassing up
- Don't repair your car's air conditioning yourself, have it serviced at a station that recycles CFC's
- Don't buy a car with air conditioning
- When buying a new car, let dealers know that fuel efficiency is important
- Park and go inside instead of idling at a drive-up window
- Remove unnecessary articles from your car; each 100 lbs. of weight decreases fuel efficiency by 1%
- Enjoy sports and activities that don't require gas or electricity
- Avoid accelerated starts to save gas