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Eco Car Comparison

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Author
Mark Snyder
Do It Green! Minnesota

So you’ve heard a lot about the environmental impacts and other evils of car ownership, but you can’t quite bring yourself to go car-free. What choices are available that might help reduce the global warming consequences of your driving?

Resources

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Green Book

www.greenercars.org

U.S. Department of Energy Freedom CAR and Vehicle Technologies (FCVT) Program,

www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels

Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security,

Amory B. Lovins,

www.oilendgame.com, Rocky Mountain Institute, 2004.

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel,

Josh Tickell,

www.biodieselamerica.org, Tickell Energy Consultants, 2000.

Clean Air Choice

(where to find E85 and biodiesel service stations)

www.cleanairchoice.org

HOURCAR

Car-sharing for the Twin Cities,

www.hourcar.org

Green Driving Tips

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Author
Mark Snyder
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance

Do you drive a car? If so, this is probably your most polluting daily activity. This article will help you to minimize the environmental impacts of using your car by offering driving and maintenance tips as well as things to keep in mind when the time comes for you to get a new car.

 

Resources

Enviornmental Defense Fund Programs:  www.edf.org/home.cfm

MPCA-Motor Vehicle Pollution:  www.pca.state.mn.us/air/mvpollution.html


ACEEE's Green Book, 202-429-0063


Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

520 Lafayette Rd.

St. Paul, MN 651-296-6300

www.pca.state.mn.us

Gridlock

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Author
Ian O'Brien
Do It Green! Minnesota

You are not in a parking lot, but you may as well be. It is five-o-clock in the evening. Interstate 394 is packed with vehicles, stretching past the bend in the road far ahead. The red brake lights of the stationary stream of cars ahead flash intermittently, suggesting only occasional movement. A woman next to you is fuming behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer and laying on her horn. "Sure lady, that will help," you think. Try to breathe and relax. You are going to be here for a long time.

Resources

American Public Transportation Association:  www.apta.com


End of the Road: The World Car Crisis and How We Can Solve It, Wolfgang Zuckermann, 1991

The Elephant in the Bedroom: Automobile Dependence and Denial, Stanley I. Hart, 1993

The Car and the City: 24 Steps to Safe Streets and Healthy Communities, Alan Thein Durning, 1996


Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Council
Metro Transit Division
560 Sixth Avenue N.
Minneapolis, MN 612-349-7510
www.metrocouncil.org/transit

University of Minnesota - Center for Transportation Studies
200 Transportation and Safety Building
511 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 612-626-1077
www.cts.umn.edu
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