Driving?

gas station - green prophet.jpgIf you’re out and about and you know that you will be sitting idle in your car for more than a minute, turn your motor off. It’s a great way to safe energy, gas and money. Those drops add up over time.

Jack Reichert
Jack Reicherthttps://www.greenprophet.com/
As far back as he can remember Jack Reichert has been interested in the environment. In the second grade, he rallied all of his classmates to donate one recess a week to cleaning up litter from the schoolyard. That was the same year that a city councilman asked him to help with his campaign because of the letter Jack had written asking him to clean up Boston Harbor. Ever since Jack has followed the development of the international green conscience with anticipation and hope that one day we will treat Mother Earth with the respect she deserves and not turn her into another Giving Tree. For tips, feedback and prophet sightings, Jack can be reached at jack (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
2 COMMENTS
  1. The issue is with the starter, I think. People in Switzerland have been doing this switch off at traffic lights for years. They reason that the cost of a starter is worth it to save the environment from excess idling emissions.

  2. Surely you need to be sitting idle for more than a minute to make it worth it. The amount of energy to switch the engine on again is surely greater?!?

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