energy saving tips/being greener tips?
hello im making a book for a uni project about being environmentally friendly id like to know all the ways you try to help the environment
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Well, here's what I did. I bought an electric car.
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A couple years ago I spotted an electric car for sale on eBay. On a whim, I bought it - it only cost me $2000. It took another couple thousand to fix up the rust and replace the batteries (it's quite old, from 1981.)
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But now I drive it to and from work every day. It gets about 4 miles to the kilowatt-hour, and there is a special off-peak electric rate available here for charging (overnight) of only 3 cents per KWH. So that's less than ONE PENNY per mile!
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It does freeway speeds, and looks and handles like a normal car. The battery pack is good for 20,000 miles, and costs $800 to replace, so that's another 4 cents per mile. Total cost of driving, 5 cents per mile - way cheaper than gas.
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Why is electricity so much cheaper than gas? Because electric cars are several times more efficient than gas vehicles. This also means that more miles can be driven on less fuel (and far less pollution per mile is created, even when dirty fuel is burned at powerplants.)
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And there's almost no maintenance! The electric motor has only one moving part - there's no oil changes, no filters, timing belts, spark plugs, coolant, none of that stuff. My motor still has all the original parts from 1981 - it has never needed service!
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I made a webpage - a picture of my car is at the top. Here's some info on how to find inexpensive electric cars:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car
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