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Are you a green commuter? You might be a green commuter if...
- You prefer commuting with a friend. You might even find that your road rage tendency and stress levels decrease significantly when traveling with a buddy.
- You've taken your cat for a walk to the vet, rather than driving there!
- Instead of driving to the gym, you'd rather walk to the grocery store. Part of a healthy lifestyle includes walking and riding every chance you get. It is just as healthy (and better for the environment) to do errands on foot, than take separate time out during the day to exercise. It is kind of like planting two trees, but using only one seed.
- You know all of the best bike routes to make your daily commute quick, easy, and safe.
- You actually know what it's like to accomplish an over-the-shoulder farmer's nose blow while riding your bike in sub-degree temperatures.
- You maintenance your vehicle regularly for optimum fuel efficiency.
- You have gone on vacation and actually rented a bike instead of a car.
- When you must drive, you plan your route around as many right turns as possible.
- You have sat down and calculated the current fuel efficiency of your vehicle. This is like keeping track of your blood pressure or cholesterol level. You can't make any improvements unless you know where you're starting from.
- You know that regenerative braking is not the process of the brakes actually regenerating themselves, but rather the regeneration of electric power to a hybrid or electric vehicles battery.
- The last pizza tin you bought was destined for your vehicle, rather than your oven!
- Rather than idling excessively during gridlock traffic, you know to shut-down your engine and restart once traffic begins to move again.
- Road rage is something you try to avoid at all times, choosing to use defensive driving tactics, rather than offensive/aggressive.
- You have never yelled, "Get a car," whenever you see a grown adult skating, scooting, or cruising on a velomobile.
- When traveling alone, in a choice between plane, train, automobile, or bus, you'd choose the bus almost every time.
- You have used either a MPG Meter, Fuel Mizer, GPS, or solar battery charger within the past month.
- You dream about coasting down a hill at 120 mpg in your Toyota Prius, rather than racing the Lemans in a 427 Shelby Cobra AC.
- You've driven to work the day after Thanksgiving, using your own turkey grease as a fuel alternative!
- You prefer a workweek of four 10-hour days rather than five 8-hour days.
- You have to think about where your gas tank is located each time you pull into a fuel station, it has been that long since your last fill-up.
More on green commuting:
How to Go Green: Commuting
How to Go Green: At Work
Are You Green Car Savvy?
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