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A hybrid car runs partly on gas, partly on electricity. A homemade hybrid runs partly on gas, partly on the driver's attention. A hybrid car automatically turns off the engine whenever the car is not moving. To turn any car into a homemade hybrid, just turn the engine off when you're not using it to go! You say WHAT?!? That's ridiculous! Everyone knows it takes 5 minutes worth of gas to start

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Cutting your idling habit can save gas and money and cut your carbon emissions by 10 to 50%, plus, it’s better for your car AND the lungs of people around you. Many studies corroborate the 10-second rule for idling, and many governments support and enforce it.But some drivers are afraid to turn off their engines, since they hold beliefs that they are safer when the engine is on. But most of the

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If saving money, fossil fuels, and polar bears isn't a good enough reason to turn your engine off, maybe ending our dependence on foreign oil is. And if you still need a good reason, the American Lung Association will give you one more: your health. Pollution is a public health problem. Children are most susceptible. Here's how to stop idling at your school site.Hooray for Canada! And Vermont,

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When I was a kid, one of the highlights of every family trip to the mountains was when we would come over the pass, and my dad would kill the engine of our 1968 Volkswagon Bus and coast the rest of the way home. "Freewheeling," the hippies would call it, when one's wheels, presumably, turned for free, and in the days before power brakes, there was little to be lost by turning it off.I've begun to

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A hybrid car runs partly on gas, partly on electricity. A homemade hybrid runs partly on gas, partly on the driver's attention. A hybrid car automatically turns off the engine whenever the car is not moving. To turn any car into a homemade hybrid, just turn the engine off when you're not using it to go!You say WHAT?!? That's ridiculous! Everyone knows it takes 5 minutes worth of gas to start an

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As if going from 190 miles per tank to 220 per tank wasn't enough of a thrill, I am now getting 250-260 miles per tank easily thanks to these little capsules someone gave me. They cost about $2 per tablet - I used half a tablet - so the $1 per tank investment saves me at least $3 (1 gallon). Apparently they burn fuel cleaner and reduce emmissions on the gas you do burn, as well. Here's the

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A hybrid car runs partly on gas, partly on electricity. A homemade hybrid runs partly on gas, partly on the driver's attention. A hybrid car automatically turns off the engine whenever the car is not moving. To turn any car into a homemade hybrid, just turn the engine off when you're not using it to go!You say WHAT?!? That's ridiculous! Everyone knows it takes 5 minutes worth of gas to start an

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Take Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency's IDLING QUIZRead the COEE's Facts and FAQsHow to organize an idle-free campaignThe Union of Concerned Scientists agrees with me.Check in periodically... maybe the U.S. Department of Energy or the U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will get on the bandwagon.News Flash! The EPA has actually acknowledged the 30-second rule! (You have

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1) Keep your tires properly inflated. This is important enough that you might want to keep a tire gauge in the glovebox.2) Plan your trips. If you link trips together, you can start and stop on a warm engine, which burns less gas.3) Warm up while driving. Although it may take a while for the car to warm up to a comfortable level for YOU, it only takes 30 seconds for your engine to be ready to

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If you know it takes only 10 seconds worth of gas to start your engine, you will discover a lot of times when it makes sense to turn it off. Here are some of the obvious ones: • Anytime you’re at a curb or in a parking space • When you roll down your window to chat • When you drop off your kids at school, and pick them up (with the added benefit of not polluting their growing lungs)

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Drive a Homemade Hybrid and you'll save. Save gas. Save money. Save the atmosphere. Save the world. How much will you save? Try it and see.First, figure out how many miles you get on a tank normally by re-setting the trip odometer when you fill the tank. Then try out the 10-second rule between fillups. (Practice other good driving habits, too!) I would normally get 190 miles on a tank on my 13-

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Want to spread the word? Download the 10-second rule flyer, copy onto bright paper, and leaflet.Let people know why you drive a HOMEMADE HYBRID! Print out one of these posters on bright paper and tape it inside your window. (The driver's rear side window is the safest place.)"Until I can afford a real one...""Until they make one in my size...""Before I got a real one...""Because every little bit

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There are a lot of 10-second rules out there, many of them pertaining to dropped food or pornography, but the one that everyone should know, based on real research and not urban legend, and capable of changing the world, is the 10-second rule of idling.The fact is: It takes ten seconds' worth of gas to start the average car. Therefore:The 10-second rule:If you will be idling for more than ten

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