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Energy Saving Tips to Save Gas
Using a block heater in freezing winter temperatures can improve the fuel economy of your vehicle by 10 percent of more.

Rapid acceleration and quick stops can reduce fuel economy.

Avoid rapid acceleration and hard braking.

Drive at the posted speed limit. Increasing your highway cruising speed from
62 mph 75 mph can increase fuel consumption by about 20 percent.

Use cruise control to maintain a constant speed on the highway.

Accelerate smoothly when passing or merging with traffic.

Limit the use of the air conditioner in your vehicle. In stop--and--start traffic conditions, air conditioning can increase fuel consumption by as much as 20 percent.

Buy a Hybrid automobile

Buy an electric car (if you can find one).

Home Energy Saving Tips
Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. They last up to seven times longer and use much less energy, saving up to 75 percent on electricity bills.

Use cold water , instead of hot water for laundry and dishwashing machines. Purchase Energy Star appliances when replacing old ones.

Close the vents in unused rooms and shut the door so that you are heating or cooling a smaller area of the house.

Install a programmable thermostat

Plant shrubs or trees to shade your air conditioning unit.

Purchase green power . If available in your area, purchase 100% green power from a company and prevent 3800 to 6200 lbs of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.

Replace older windows with newer, better-insulated windows. 10 to 24% of heat loss occurs through windows.

Links:

http://green.yahoo.com/global-warming/
globalgreen-138/consumer-energy-saving-tips.html

http://www.greenerchoices.org/

http://www.gasconserver.com/

http://www.fypower.org/

http://www.earthshare.org/get_involved/earth_saving_tips.html

http://www.tchd.org/green.htm

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[3647JAMIEJ]

yeah dude

u mind if i start doing that tag?

[packymck]

of course....go for it!

[maxtrack]

I pledge to drive a Smart Car, a 749 cc Diesel engine powered light weight car, which gets terrific fuel mileage ( 3.5 litres / 100 km) at less than 90 km/hr (56 mph) on the highway.

[packymck]

alright maxtrack! I'd like to have one of those too.

[MsGirlee]

Hmmmm..There is so many things...Infact, I have turned down the thermostat......ok, I will try to make a video today.

[packymck]

You're on the right path...tks

[robinstord]

nice sun glasses.. walmart?

[Ulai777]

I agree completely with slowing down on the speeding thing! It is the ONLY way to protest the retarded prices of fuel. I refuse to buy into the notion of "saving the planet" by being green, but, I will use whatever technology that the green movement comes up with in order to save the green in my wallet! The added benefit to driving the speed limit or less is, the stress level of sitting in the slower moving lane is substantial..........

[KARStarla]

By the way, its in my favorites, theres a few companies now doing this

[KARStarla]

Did you guys see the new opportunity to RENT SOLAR PANELS to run your entire home for no more then what you are paying today for your electric, even less? Theres no upfront cost, no maintence fees, no installation fees nothing but a $500 REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WITH YOUR INTEREST and its being offered now. Search "RENT SOLAR" here on youtube, I so want to join but my backwardass state in SC does not have net metering yet, but a law states that ALL utility companies are to offer it by 2008

[KARStarla]

I want an air car, but where the heck are they? I hope a new company emerges in the U.S that will not try to sell what has nothing but air compressors for a billion dollars