{"id":21,"date":"2007-02-07T04:13:49","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T04:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/optimize-your-car-tips-to-save-energy\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:56:04","slug":"optimize-your-car-tips-to-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/optimize-your-car-tips-to-save\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize your car. Tips to Save Energy."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou don’t have to own a car operated by solar energy or ultra-expensive hydrogen fuel cells to make a difference. You can get started today with your very own car. Here you will find a few tips to help you get the most mileage out of your car, which in turn will also reduce emissions by hundreds of pounds of Co2 per month.
\nIf a million people follow these steps, and assuming the savings are 5% of the emissions and gas, we are talking about hundreds of gallons of gas per month that are saved, and many tons of Co2 not produced. These changes start with you, and some of my tips are free. Feel free to write your own additions as a comment to make this article more complete.<\/p>\n

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    Drive your car at the most efficient speed.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>Cars are optimized to run the greatest distance per measure of gas, at a speed of around 45 miles an hour. At lower speeds, the gear ratio makes the engine perform more revolutions to move the car. This means that the engine has to perform more cycles to move the car from point a, to point b. Acceleration is not linear, due to drag and the performance of an engine which is not linear. This means, after the rpms go midway, the car becomes inefficient.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Conserve momentum.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>If you accelerate and brake many times, you constantly waste momentum or kinetic energy as opposed to when you drive smooth. Ideally, you want to minimize the changes in speed, as this makes the engine spend more energy trying to accelerate the weight of the car. When you drive smoothly, you can save as much as 10% of your gas.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Keep the tires at optimum pressure.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>Under pressurized tires become more abrasive and the friction with the road surface is much higher. This results in tires that don’t last long and more resistance to speed. This becomes another way to waste energy and fuel.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Reduce Weight in your car.<\/strong> <\/strong>
    \nWeight is resistance to acceleration. Do not carry unnecessary luggage in your car, and use alloy wheels. These are two measures you can take to reduce weight in your car.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Replace your Air filter.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>A clogged air filter will affect the air flow and intake. This creates an unbalance in the movement of air, and causes the car to not completely burn fuel on every cycle. This also results in a loss of power.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Maintenance and Tune up.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>This one is self explanatory.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Avoid unnecessary trips.<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong>Take measures such as car pooling. Make sure you buy all the groceries that you need so you don’t have to be back to the super market the next day. Consider using public transportation whenever possible.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      You don’t have to own a car operated by solar energy or ultra-expensive hydrogen fuel cells to make a difference. You can get started today with your very own car. Here you will find a few tips to help you get the most mileage out of your car, which in turn will also reduce emissions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-green-tips","category-hybrid-cars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t