KeepGreenGoing

It’s one idea to talk about buying a hybrid car and/or riding you bike to work everyday. But for some people, these two options aren’t realistic. Instead of making such a drastic change in your life, what would happen if we simplified the solution? What would it look like for everyone to take one small step that held one big impact?

Think about it this way - What would happen if each of us decreased our demand for gas by %5?

On average, Americans consume about 386 million gallons of gasoline each day. Over the course of a year, that adds up to just under 141 billion gallons of gas. That’s a lot of gas.

If all of us were able to reduce our gas consumption by 5%, we’d save 7.05 billion gallons of gas each year.

Decreasing your gas intake is easy to do:

• Drive 1 less day out of the week.
• Carpool to work with a co-worker.
• Take you lunch with you to work so you don’t have to leave during the day.
• Do all of your errands in 1 trip out, rather than multiple trips throughout the week.
• Have you kids ride their bikes to school instead of driving them.

By reducing gas consumption by 5%, we would keep 1.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. For one small step, that seems like an achievable goal to me.

But it doesn’t stop there…

These simple steps are only effective if you pass along the knowledge. Encourage a friend to join your plan. Invite a co-worker to start a ride-share program. Send out an e-mail spreading the little known facts about gas.

At KeepGreenGoing, we like things to be simple - So get involved, plan ahead and take a simple step. You’ll be surprise that the impact you could make.