Getting Around Town:
- Make your next auto purchase an energy-efficient natural gas vehicle, electric hybrid, or other alternative fuel vehicle.
- Encourage your local public transit authorities to convert their fleets to cleaner fuels. Replacing one diesel transit bus or other heavy duty vehicle with a natural gas vehicle has the same emissions benefit as taking 325 cars off the road.
- Take public transportation or carpool whenever possible.
- If you’re not going far, try walking or biking.
- See if your job will let you telecommute, even if it’s just one day per week
- Make your next auto purchase an energy-efficient electric hybrid, alternative fuel, or fuel cell vehicle.
- Fly in airplanes as little as possible.
- Keep your car tuned up and in top performing shape for maximum efficiency:
- Keep tires properly inflated
- Be regular about changing the oil and oil filter – recycle your used oil
- Replace a clogged air filter
- Drive the speed limit and avoid unnecessary acceleration
- Empty your trunk and backseat – lighter cars get better mileage
Vacation
- Don’t travel as far.
- Look for hotels that have environmentally-friendly policies.
- Use the same hotel towel for several days rather than replacing your towel every day.
- Take the train—it has lower carbon emissions per traveler than any other form of mass transit.
- Buy locally-made souvenirs.
- Turn your heating and cooling at home down, or off if posible, while you’re gone.
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