Green Driving Tips to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

According to some statistics from The Energy Conservation center of Japan, with some very basic steps, potential exists to save around 18000 yen annually. Green driving is a habit which all of us needs to inculcate. And there is no technology hurdle which restricts from adopting green ideas and green driving. Its all common sense, most of techniques and good driving habits we all are aware of.

Start a car pool. Starting a car pool for employees of same office or may be different offices located in the same premises or vicinity brings down the traveling costs quite sharply and probably is the best and effective course to reduce carbon footprints, There are many car pool websites which one can make use of. Initially, you may feel you are losing your independence but quite soon you will get used to it. And on days when you have some personal work you can come to office independently.
Don’t idle at crossings. We are all aware of the fact that vehicles burn lots of unnecessary fuels at crossings and Red lights. Now we have at many places a countdown meters which lets us know what is the waiting time. Make full use of these environmentally friendly signals and reduce your carbon footprints.
Drive smartly. Smart driving doesn’t mean fast driving rather smart driving means driving with constant speed and avoiding fast acceleration and breaks. Speeds in the excess of 70-80 KMPH consumes fuel at alarmingly high rate. So avoid intersections and drive on the roads where lesser traffic is expected. By driving smartly one can save close to 30% on highways and 5% on city roads. Employ Google maps.
Keep your car and SUV healthy. A well tuned and oiled unit is a joy to drive. When you sit behind a vehicle’s steering wheel which has all its filter cleaned and tyres inflated to the recommended pressure, you just love driving it.
Drive with your glass panes pulled up as this reduces the drag and saves on the fuel.
Get the extra materials/loads offloaded from your car as this would save fuel.
Keep air conditioning at medium level. It is at that level where it is most effective. Even a reduction of 1 deg in car temperature can lead to substantial savings.

Virtual Web Symphony: A blog by a management consultant with avid interests in Environment, Software, Renewable Energy and Technology. Resides in India and along with her husband contributes articles for the purpose of web content or otherwise.

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