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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. Why carry around all that extra weight, which not only costs you more in fuel but also more wear on your engine. Shut the car off. Buy fuel-efficient tires.

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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Buy A Scooter If you want to feel the breeze in your face but are afraid of climbing up on that Harley, check out small gas or electric-powered scooters. They are incredibly fuel-efficient, cheap to buy and insure, and emit way less pollution than automobiles do. High gas prices got you down?

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More Drilling is Not The Solution We Need for Our Energy Future

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t believe anyone when they say drilling will bring down gas prices right away; it won’t. While the number of drilling permits issued has increased by something like 360% over the last 10 years, gas prices have tripled during the same period. More drilling does not equal lower prices at the pump.

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