gas Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/gas/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:55:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Those Darned Truckers! https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/26/those-darned-truckers/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:53:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7320 Who hasn’t thought, “There goes another one of those massive pest-trucks, clogging up my highway”? I’m guilty. I won’t think it again, thanks to this

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]]> Stop Dangerous Flare-Ups https://smthingscount.com/2018/02/17/stop-dangerous-flare-ups/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:03:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6683 You’ve seen them, either in person or on TV–bursts of smoke and flame from oil and gas stacks.  This process of “flaring” burns off wasted…wait

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]]> A Healthy Local Program https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/28/a-healthy-local-program/ Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:22:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5564 Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area now have bike-share     programs.  Rent a bike for an hour or a day to run errands, sight-see,

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]]> Eco-Friendly Grilling https://smthingscount.com/2016/07/30/eco-friendly-grilling/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:30:32 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5061 Buying a new BBQ to replace the one that gave out during your 4th of July celebration?  Say “no” to charcoal or wood briquettes, which cause

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]]> Cheaper Electric Cars https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/12/cheaper-electric-cars/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:47:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4449 Although I’d love to switch from an environmentally harmful gas car, I’ve had several concerns.  One is that there haven’t been any electric mini vans

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]]> Explain to Me Why We Have to Pay https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/26/explain-to-me-why-we-have-to-pay/ Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:45:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3128 Can you explain something to me, please?  When my father needed a new oven in the family bakery he saved up and bought it himself.

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]]> Expendable Dolphins and Whales https://smthingscount.com/2014/02/26/expendable-dolphins-and-whales/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:51:06 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2559 My husband, who served two tours as a submarine sailor, fondly talks about his experiences with dolphins at sea: escorting the sub back into port

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]]> Earth Tip: Bike-Share…or Just Bike https://smthingscount.com/2013/08/31/earth-tip-bike-share-or-just-bike/ Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:46:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2017 So what if five San Francisco Bay Area cities, including San Jose (http://www.vta.org/bike_information/bike_sharing.html) and San Francisco(http://www.sfbike.org/?bikeshare), are launching their bike-share program?  Well, it encourages us to

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]]> Earth-Friendly Tip: Walk https://smthingscount.com/2013/04/20/earth-friendly-tip-walk/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:13:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1540 What would happen if all Americans aged 10-74 walked or biked half an hour a day instead of driving?  We would save 6.5 billion gallons of

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]]> Earth Friendly Tip: High Cost of Idling https://smthingscount.com/2012/12/29/earth-friendly-tip-high-cost-of-idling/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:51:45 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1078 Avoid drive-throughs, warming up your car, talking in your driveway with your car running, and other needless idling, which releases double the emissions of a

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