Ten Tips to increase the fuel efficiency of your car

Here are ten tips summarized from http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/list/top10/103164/article.html for increasing the fuel efficiency of your car. Some of them may be applicable only to U.S. conditions but i think it can be largely practiced by everyone.

• Maintain your car regularly as per the schedule given by the automaker.
• Keep Your Tires Properly Inflated.
• Dont overload the vehicle.
• Drive less aggressively. Avoid braking hard and accelerating in a rush. From the article "On the highway, the DOE says that every 5 mph you drive over 65 mph represents a 7-percent decrease in fuel economy."
• Use the highest gear possible.
• Use cruise control whenever possible.
• Keep your car clean and waxed. It helps improve the aerodynamics of the car.
• Dont idle.
• On the freeways, keep the car windows up as it increases drag on the vehicle and increasing fuel consumption.
• Avoid starting the engine from cold many times in a day. This means that try to combine your short trips into a long one. A cold engine requires more fuel to get going.

MIT students power supercomputers with bicycles

An excerpt from the article highlighting the achievement :

"The ten cyclists pedalled their bikes, set on stands, with the wheels driving dynamos to generate direct current power which was converted into the alternating current needed. The supercomputer modelled a nuclear fusion reaction."

Read the full article at

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=312084283

This is not the first time something of this sort is being done. For a good list of things that are being done refer to http://freeenergynews.com/