by Kirsten Keller | Jul 17, 2012 | Green Driving
“Get rid of your spare tire and lose weight!” It’s advice for those with a pesky roll hanging over their belts, and now it might be advice for car owners, too. The average weight of a spare car tire (which is actually an entire wheel) is about 30 pounds...
by Kirsten Keller | Jun 28, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
2.9 billion gallons is lot of fuel and a lot of money being literally burned away on idling — and spewed out of exhaust pipes and into the atmosphere as air pollution. Smog, NOx gases, carbon monoxide, and ozone are just a few of the noxious products of vehicle...
by Kirsten Keller | Jun 28, 2012 | Green Driving
“Idle hands are the devil’s tools,” or so they say. Maybe a better proverb would be “idling cars are the work of the devil.” So you’re picking up your daughter from the swimming pool on a sweltering afternoon. Just after getting into the car, she remembers that...
by Kirsten Keller | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
We can’t be sure who invented the wheel, but the invention certainly gave birth to land transportation as we know it today. Take a look at your car. Presumably it has tires. They are probably rubber and filled with air. These are called pneumatic tires, and they...
by Kirsten Keller | Jun 19, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
There’s been a lot of talk about local food lately. It’s become quite the trend. There is a new category of eaters who call themselves “locavores.” They only eat food produced close to home. It’s so good for the environment! Right?...
