Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Can we be green and own a car?

Well I have just recently acquired one - I do share with another so officially I own half a car which is better than owning a full one. To increase greeness we absolutely only use it when necessary. Thanks to Top Tips from my brother, a mechanic, I can adopt the following measures to increase my car -owning green credentials;
  • Check tyre pressure every week.
  • Drive with an empty boot otherwise you are carrying a heavy load around needlessly.
  • Only fill your fuel tank for long journeys otherwise you are carrying a heavy load around needlessly.
  • If you have fifth gear use this as soon as you can.

Our vehicle is diesel. We hope to get it converted to run on bio-diesel. Watch this space.

p.s. The food growing experiment is still a challenge but green things are still growing!!!