My wife and I undertook several projects this year to reduce our carbon footprint. We live about 20 miles from my office in a rural area and we are not willing to live closer to town. That means that vehicles use affects our footprint. We already reduce the number of trips "to town" by combining errands as necessary.
We reduced our car impact in the following ways - our Toyota T100 which was used as a daily runner at 18 MPG was relegated to country living hauling and snow plowing duty only. It was replaced with a Honda FIT at 36 MPG. This little car is great - hauls a lot of stuff and is great for hauling dogs.
The baby BMW (325xi) at 24 MPG was replaced with a MINI Cooper at 36 MPG.
We reduced our car impact in the following ways - our Toyota T100 which was used as a daily runner at 18 MPG was relegated to country living hauling and snow plowing duty only. It was replaced with a Honda FIT at 36 MPG. This little car is great - hauls a lot of stuff and is great for hauling dogs.
The baby BMW (325xi) at 24 MPG was replaced with a MINI Cooper at 36 MPG.
Yep, we could have purchased higher MPG cars, but this was still a significant reduction is fuel consummed by our family at a cost we could afford - an important measure of sustainability.
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