What Can You Do Right Now?

Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.

 

Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)

 

Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)

 

Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.

 

Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.

 

Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.

 

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Tips on the Road

07/10/2008

New biodiesel buses report for duty

Eight new biodiesel buses have arrived in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than half of the city's 370 buses, the Regional Transit Authority purchased 39 buses at a cost of $15 million. The buses use cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel.

Toyota making US manufacturing changes

Toyota Motor Corp. will start producing the hybrid Prius in the U.S. for the first time as the Japanese automaker adjusts its U.S. manufacturing operations to meet customer demands for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

07/02/2008

'It's hybrid hysteria' for buyers seeking the hard-to-find Prius
Candace Levin, — with her twin daughters Emma and Mia, — and her husband, Dan, bought a new Toyota Prius from Gary Hopper at Freeman Toyota on Saturday.
G.J. MCCARTHY/Staff Photographer
Candace Levin, — with her twin daughters Emma and Mia, — and her husband, Dan, bought a new Toyota Prius from Gary Hopper at Freeman Toyota on Saturday.

With fuel prices hovering around $4 a gallon, scores of people are snatching up every Prius they can find and driving up prices at some area Toyota dealerships by as much as $5,000 over window sticker.
Tax breaks for hybrids are fading
Poll: 9-in-10 hit hard by gas prices
Survival Guide: Reduce pain at the pump

Motorcycle, scooter sales take off as riders look to cut costs

Motorcycle riding classes are packed for a month.
MATT NAGER / Special Contributor

Spurred by fuel costs and fanned by the winds of middle age, the fire for motorcycle riding is burning across Texas and the nation.
High gas prices survival tools

05/19/2008

Turn right, save gas

WFAA-TV
UPS drivers avoid left turns whenever possible.

If you think your gas bill is high, think about the men and women in brown. UPS trucks are everywhere, racking up thousands of miles every year — and burning thousands of gallons of fuel, too. What is their gas-saving strategy? It's a simple turn of the wheel.

05/08/2008

No gas needed: Kennedale man turns car electric
Aaron Chimbel / WFAA.com

When David Murray turns his ignition there is almost no sound. There is nothing wrong with his 1993 Eagle Talon with more than 192,000 miles. It's an electric car he converted himself.

04/02/2008

Planning green travel
More than half of U.S. travelers booking reservations online are concerned about global warming, and about a fifth feel that travel is bad for the environment, according to a recent online survey by Travelzoo Inc.

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