On the Road to Saving More Fuel
May 20, 2009 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
As oil prices have dropped from their highs of last summer, drivers have resumed their normal driving patterns with conservation at the back of most people’s minds. Until we find that miracle fuel to replace oil, we will continue to deplete the world’s oil reserves and pollute. In this article, Jessica Cheam demonstrates some driving tips and techniques to conserve petrol and help you save money.
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Jessica Cheam
Straits Times
May 12, 2009
Jessica Cheam ponders the challenge of fuel efficient driving in Singapore.
I DIDN’T know this, but apparently if all the drivers in the world today drove in such a way that reduced their fuel consumption by 10 per cent, the world will save 100 billion litres of fuel in a year.
This is a number not to be scoffed at, given that easy oil supplies are running out and the climate change threat looms large.
Ever since I started covering the environment beat, my car has been a constant source of guilt, but given that I live in a transport blackhole where going to work takes me one and a half hours by bus, and there’s no MRT line where I live, I’ve guiltily held on to my mobility, which is so important for my job.
But to do my part, I have been putting into practice some fuel efficient driving techniques such as not accelerating too quickly, not braking hard, turning off the air conditioning, and driving smoothly, in the hope that my fuel consumption would drop, so would my emissions.
And last weekend, my driving skills were truly put to the test by Shell’s recently launched “Get the Most Out of Every Drop” campaign, which aims to get drivers to put in practice certain driving habits and techniques which will help them save fuel, and in turn, save money.
