Where so you drive to daily that's the furthest? Work probably? What about shopping, groceries or otherwise? Having a car is definitely useful. Ok, those are freebies. What about the rest? You know, like when you go rent a movie, or have a sudden uncontrollable urge for a jalapeno taquito, or go meet a friend for coffee. For most of us urbanites, the trip is no more than a few blocks, and yet we still drive. Even on nice days, or evenings. How lazy have we become? Whatever happened to a nice evening walk? Or why not get out for a couple hours in the afternoon, walk around, strut your stuff, go meet a friend.
Chew on this: one litre of gasoline equals about 2.5 kg of C02 emitted. A typical late-model sport-utility vehicle driven 20,000 km a year produces about six tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared to four tonnes for a recent mid-sized sedan, and just two tonnes for a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle. In fact, driving 10 per cent less can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 0.2 to 0.8 tonnes per year, depending on the vehicle.
So here's your goal: Stop driving those short distances and only drive when you really need to.
This should be easy, now that the summer is fast approaching. In fact, I think I will take my own advice and get out there now, it is just too nice to stay inside. I am on my way to attempt to test drive Vancouver's alternative fuel vehicles. This should prove to be interesting.
Check these links on more gas facts:
http://climatechange.gc.ca/plan_for_canada/challenge/index.html
http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/issues/26/feature1_e.cfm
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