Posted on 7/20/2010 at 4:28:02 PM
Magazines and newspapers always seem to be full of articles on the environment, being green and being more fuel efficient- as it’s fair to say that they are all interlinked.
When they hear the term ‘fuel efficiency’, many people believe that it will have little effect, although this couldn’t be further from the truth, and in addition to having a positive effect on the environment, it can also have a positive effect on your pocket.
Petrol and diesel don’t look like they’re going to get cheaper any time in the forseeable future- so now is as good a time as any to do your bit for the environment and do your bit for your bank balance.
Posted on 7/13/2010 at 4:27:24 PM
The Government is always banging on about how we all need to become more fuel efficient, and with petrol prices showing no signs of reducing any time soon, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how to be more fuel efficient.
This is easier said than done though, especially for those who only know the basics about how their car works!!
There are many ways of becoming more fuel efficient though, and the internet is always a good place to start looking for ideas.
Just a few minutes’ browsing, and you’re likely to come across lots of useful hints and tips- so get searching now!!
Posted on 7/8/2010 at 4:32:23 PM
We all know the importance of ensuring that we’re as fuel efficient as possible, and one way in which people really waste petrol is by braking more often than is neccessary.
This isn’t to say that you need to ignore braking until the very last minute and risk ploughing into the car in front, but there are other ways in which you can change your driving habits.
Instead of braking, change lanes if possible, or gradually slow down if you see a situation ahead where you’re likely to need to brake.
All it takes is a little forward planning and you can become much more fuel efficient.
Posted on 7/8/2010 at 4:26:55 PM
As being fuel efficient is so important nowadays, I’ve started to think about upgrading my old car for something that’s a bit more friendly on my purse and a bit more friendly on the environment.
This might sound like a pretty simple task to the less fussy amongst you, but I have one specific requirement- the car has to be pretty in pink!
There’s plenty of nice fuel efficient cars around in other boring colours like red and blue- but who what’s the point in blending in with everyone else when you’re spending so much money?!
Ideas on the back of a postcard please!!!!!!!
Posted on 7/6/2010 at 4:23:50 PM
According to reports, the Committee for Climate Change has been advising the government to keep fuel prices high and enforce a minimum charge in order to force drivers into becoming more fuel efficient.
The committee has also apparently called for tax to be tailored to reflect the fuel efficiency of different cars.
Committee CEO David Kennedy explained:
“We know that people buy more efficient cars if the petrol price remains consistently high.”
However, whilst we all know that we have to do more to help the environment, these proposals probably haven’t come at the best time, as many families are seriously struggling to run a car.
We await the backlash…
Posted on 2/27/2010 at 5:23:43 PM
Recently I have been taking a look at what I do to keep myself as eco-friendly as possible. This is a pretty difficult thing to do when you realise that what you do in the way of recycling and so on quickly pales into insignificance next to the huge amounts of waste produced as a side effect of modern life.
What it did help, though, was to make me understand the cost in everything in life. The way we all consume the latest gadgets and tech when we don’t need to is a massive cost, for one.
So what do you do to keep green, and what more could you do?
Posted on 2/22/2010 at 1:15:40 PM
The US Government has affirmed their intention to re-invest in nuclear power generation with the announcement that $8 billion will be spent on 2 new reactors in Georgia. These will be the first reactors built in 30 years in the USA.
Coming at a time when the energy usage of the US and industrialising nations has come into the spotlight, nuclear advocates have long been arguing that even though nuclear waste and spent fuel pose very large problems in their safe containment, transportation and disposal, the benefits of a much reduced carbon dioxide output during energy generation were worth investigating.
It seems that the climate change debate is helping the cause of nuclear energy around the world, which had been experiencing a poor public image since the 80s, with incidents like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl fresh in the minds of many. What was once considered as an unthinkable option a few years ago is now becoming the only realistic quick-fix solution.
Posted on 2/18/2010 at 5:24:57 PM
British Airways are involved in a new venture to build a waste processing plant in London, promising to buy all of the energy output for use as plane fuel.
The plant would be built by an American contractor and would convert up to 500,000 tonnes of waste matter, ranging from sewage waste to landfill candidate material, into around 16 million gallons of aerofuel each year.
In addition, the plant would output solid waste products for use in building aggregates and enough electricity to power the plant itself, as well as the National Grid. It is expected that the plant will be able to produce fuel in 2014 when it will slowly ramp up production.
British Airways have had a bad run recently when it comes to business concerns, but they do seem to making some sort of effort in the environmental sector. For a business operating in an industry sitting square in the sights of green campaigners, this is no small thing.
Posted on 2/15/2010 at 11:56:41 AM
Climate change is the current hot topic in environmentalism and science as we all know, but it has taken a while to get to that position. For too long people simply thought nothing was down to their own actions, that it was all down to others. Now it seems that just as the idea that humans are having an effect on the climate of Earth was gaining ground, it is losing it again.
The problem has always been that the theory behind climate change is constantly evolving. When the public have been convinced of one concept and believe it to be true and then a new, improved theory pops up, it convinces them that everything they learned before was wrong. Repeat the cycle too many times and you get what we have now – a shift towards people dismissing the whole thing.
Well that is happening now in the UK, with the 4 months between November 2009 and February 2010 showing 10% of people no longer believe that climate change is really occurring. Sure, the unusually cold winter experienced during that period could have had something to do with it. Even the scandals over private e-mails between climate researchers could have had an effect.
Whatever caused it though, the important thing is to work towards reversing this trend.
Posted on 2/5/2010 at 3:32:48 PM
Swedish politicians have been working to find out how the Russian army was allowed to dump radioactive waste into their waters in the early 90s, after it was uncovered that certain politicians may have known at the time and did nothing to stop it.
The waste itself is believed to have come from a Latvian army base and was dumped from Russian boats in the cover of night. What happened to it is unknown as no attempt was made at the time to track or recover the barrels.
While this is no real surprise, in that the USSR and latterly Russia have been known to have little regard for environmental concerns, it is worrying due to the fact that the Baltic Sea is already in trouble pollution-wise and is mostly enclosed, making it harder for the pollution to dissipate.
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