September 20, 2008 at 5:50 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: cycling, eBay, eco-driving
Now I was composing this email in my head whilst driving today. The main point being:
ECO-DRIVING IS BORING!!!!!!
Gug! I managed to eco-drive for an hour and a half to South Croydon, but my bladder and lack of patience made me put my foot down on the way back. Sorry folks, just being honest.
So what was my mission in jolly South Croydon? Picking up a bike I had bought on eBay. Gorgeous and light weight, the plan is this will help me bike to see a friend and get to the shops. It has a front puncture, which is not great, but nevermind we can sort that.
- Tammy
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July 19, 2008 at 9:49 am (Buy Nothing New)
Tags: Buy Nothing New, eco-driving, meat reducing, plastic, veggie box, Water Saving
Well we told you what we were doing before we started the project: About Us Sean reminded me that maybe I should write about what we have done so far on the project, from the small to the slightly less small!
- Eco-Driving
Sounds strange, but it is re-learning the way you drive to be more efficient and save fuel/CO2. Can be summed up as smoothly changing gear way early, anticipating the need to brake, so slowing down on the gears and keeping the revs below 2 (for a diesel, 2.5 for petrol). Our car seems to have an amazing ability to glide around in 5th gear without any acceleration. Read the rest of this entry »
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