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Happy belated Earth Day!
Seems a little counter intuitive on a car blog, right?
My next car will be a hybrid. Or if my husband gets his way, the completely non-carseat friendly Smart Car. But that’s years down the road when our current cars punk out and there’s a good amount of money in the savings account. Being environmentally friendly sure isn’t cheap.
Not surprisingly, Kansas City drivers don’t show up on this list of the most green car shoppers. But there are definitely ways your current car can be more green, even it runs on old-fashioned gasoline.
I’ve scheduled my car for an overdue oil change that includes a tune-up and properly inflating my tires, which could improve my fuel efficiency by as much as seven percent.
Then I am going to get the yuck of winter off by taking it to a commercial car wash which is actually more environmentally friendly than trying to wash it at home. I love when having someone else do the work is actually better for the environment!
Unfortunately biking to work or taking a bus just isn’t an option, but I do try to combine my errands on the way home from work to avoid extra trips.
On this earth celebration week, what can you do to make the planet a little bit cleaner?
LWTK’s mommy blogger, Sarah, is attempting to be a good mama to little Henry, wife to Shea, full-time employee and part-time grad student all while avoiding making dinner from a box every night. In her non-existent free time, she’s running, eating popcorn and blogging about it all at The Gatsby Diaries.
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