TIMES RECORD • November 14, 2022
Efforts we make to use less gas and heating oil will also lower our carbon emissions. If you are curious how much carbon your family emits, you can calculate either your own or your family’s carbon footprint at conservation.org. As a state, our biggest producer of greenhouse gases comes from transportation. Lowering one’s speed will increase miles driven per gallon. Sixty-five miles per hour gets lower mpg than 55 mph by 10%-15% due to lower air resistance. Other people are using hypermiling to get the most miles out of their tank of gas. They will bike or walk to go short distances to a store. They think about the terrain ahead and use as little acceleration and braking as possible. ~ Nancy Chandler