Conservation recommendation for transportation
#30: Drive a fuel-efficient vehicle.
Forty percent of all vehicles driven on U.S. roads are fuel-inefficient SUVs and light trucks. In one year, an average SUV will consume 750 gallons of fuel and produce 15,000 lbs of CO2. Trading it in for a hybrid sedan will save 450 gallons of gas, $1600, and 9,000 lbs of CO2 each year.
This recommendation has been achieved by 37 people and is being attempted by 32.
Help me do this!
You probably can’t just get a new car at the drop of a hat. But take the environment into account the next time you buy a car (think of gas prices too), and give your friends a nudge if they’re looking for a car.
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McKenzie Jones-Rounds December 02, 2008 7:38 PM
Just because I don’t drive a hybrid doesn’t mean my car isn’t green! Our 2002 Jetta TDI runs on straight vegetable oil and biodiesel that we make. It gets at least 45 mpg and burns cleaner than other cars, even hybrids! There should be a way on this site to calculate my clean driving into my footprint.
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