Transportation
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Prefer bicycles or walking, both of which are good for health. Short trips (less than 3 kilometers) are the most polluting. In the city,use buses, the tramway or the metro rather than the car. Encourage carpooling, for instance with your colleagues from work. Plan your trips in such a way as to reduce the total distance.
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Adopt a style of driving which is « responsible » and gentle: certain behavior leading to sudden braking or accelerations can lead to increases in gasoline consumption between 5% to 40%, Driving at 90 kilometers per hour consumes 10% less than driving at 100 kilometers per hour. Use air conditioning with caution: air conditioning is comfortable, but also leads to an over-consumption in gasoline. Cars using air conditioning consume between 3% to 5% more gasoline than cars not equipped with air conditioning. Keep your car well tuned: a well-tuned motor consumes up to 10% less in gasoline. Make sure your tires are inflated according to the pressure indicated by the tire company: if they are not pressurized enough, they increase the consumption of gasoline by approximately 6%.
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When purchasing a vehicle, opt for vehicles which have a catalytic convertor and a particle filter, or better yet, electric or hybrid vehicles. Only wash your car when needed. Washing a car consumes 150 liters of water. Opt for the traditional method: a pail, a sponge, and recuperated rain water. Bring used oil from an oil change and antigel remainders to a service station or a garage: the 80,000 tons of oil used each year in France can pollute 1,000 times the volume of the entire production of water for the country. Used batteries should be brought to the waste reception center.
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For travel in France or Europe, choose the train rather than the car or the plane. For example, a round trip from Paris to Monpellier emits 6,4 kilograms of CO2 for the train, whereas the plane and the car emit 182 kg CO2 and 301 kg CO2 respectively. The train emits 28 times less CO2 than the plane. If you must take a plane, you can compensate your CO2 emissions by donating the « carbon price » to associations. These associations help finance durable development projects which reduce CO2 emissions in developing countries (more efficient ovens, planting trees...).
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