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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sure, your mind may go right to taking the subway or hailing a taxi, but there are many ways to make travel more sustainable and a lot less polluting. Here are 11 ways you can make your transportation needs a little more eco-friendly. Sure beats using gasoline every day! High gas prices got you down?

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13 Ways to Make Your Existing Car Greener and Avoid Buying a New One

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

High gas prices got you down? However, buying a new car isn’t in the cards for me right now, so I have to make due with the one I have. Automobiles cause 51 percent of the carbon monoxide pollution in the air, so it’s important to do what we can to make our cars a little less dirty whenever possible.

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Are You Getting Ripped Off At The Gas Pump?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A few weeks ago, my Aunt sent along an email that warned about mis-calibrated gas pumps. The email was adamant that pumps were overcharging for gasoline because the total amount didn’t really match up to the price times the number of gallons. My Gasoline Ripoff Non-Scientific Test. Total Price. Actual Price.

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How Do You Handle Increasing Expenses?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Surprisingly, the details of the plan were almost identical to this year’s plan except for the price. Comparing the 2015 prices with what we pay now, I discovered that if we kept the same health, dental, and vision plans our health care costs would increase about $115 a month.

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9 Ways to Save at the Pump

Saving Cents With Sense

With rising gas prices at the pump, it can be down right painful to fill up at the gas station. for a gallon of gas, we know that it will probably only get worse as the summer rolls on. You don’t need extra equipment or “stuff” in your car that just weighs it down, and ultimately burns more gasoline. At the Pump.

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Four Easy Ways to Save on Basic Necessities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While some families are doing this while living comfortably, others are forced to make spending cuts just to survive until the next paycheck hits the bank. The average American household consumes more and more meat every year and prices are skyrocketing. For the rest of you, keep gasoline usage in mind. Finally, use technology.

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Bike Your Way to a Healthier, Richer, Happier You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Biking Makes You Healthier When biking to work for an entire year, the average person will lose 13 pounds (and keep it off!). If you continued to only fill up for this amount twice per month, after a full year you’d have spent $1,320 just on gasoline alone. Biking Makes You Happier Have you ever heard of the Runner’s High ?

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