During your next road trip home, steer away from idling.† Every moment you spend idling your car’s engine means needlessly wasting gas, as well as rougher wear on your vehicle. Idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more gas than is needed for startup. Overall, Americans idle away 2.9 billion gallons of gas a year, worth around $78.2 billion.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, be smart about your heating and cooling.† Turn down the thermostat in your room.† According to The Daily Green, for every degree you lower the thermostat, you’ll save between 1 and 3 percent on your heating bill. Do the same thing in reverse with air conditioning.† If you stand by your trusty fan, turn the device off or to a lower setting when you’re out of the room.
Pay your bills online!† It will cut down on paper waste and carbon costs from delivery.† Plus, you’ll never have to worry about losing the bill in the shuffle of pizza advertisements and package slips again!