Green Motoring Perhaps you’re not currently interested in a new car. If that’s the case, some simple tips and advice will help keep your older model from using excessive fuel and emitting excessive pollution.
Diesel Danger Dutch researchers may have found a chemical link between diesel fumes and altered brain activity.
Car Sharing Co-operatives They walk among us. They're our friends, our co-workers, our corner store owners. Undetectable by sight, they look just like you and me. They are people who don't own cars.
Fuelling a Revolution With a climate-change crisis and depleting oil reserves, the world is facing a period of great uncertainty and potential upheaval.
Hybrid Cars You've likely heard about the latest hybrid vehicles making their way onto dealer lots. These green machines are a popular option for environmentally conscious drivers wanting to do their part to lower vehicular emissions, and you're going to be hearing more about them.
Going Carless The love of my life is the 1969 Toyota Corolla that I bought in high school and have driven ever since. For 16 years Putt-Putt has served me faithfully through life's triumphs and disappointments. Finally, though, he needs a serious fix-up and we're facing a sobering question.
Rude Crude We know that engine oil depletes fossil fuels and, if disposed of improperly, kills wildlife and pollutes water. Both synthetic and regular oil are petroleum products derived from fossil fuel. Both have to be drained, disposed of, and replaced. How do we evaluate oil companies' claims that we could cause less pollution if we switched from regular engine oil to synthetic oil?
Fuel for Thought It can be made out of food crops or the oil that cooked your lunch. It can power cars and cut pollution, and no one has to go to war to get it. It's called "biofuel. Compared to gasoline or pure diesel, biofuels produce less carbon dioxide, the main chemical responsible for global warming.
Reinventing the Wheel New hybrid cars and alternative fuels could make our love affair with the car a little less dirty. With gas prices soaring, oil reserves shrinking, and our climate heating up, we all need ways to cut consumption and clean up our act.
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