Help for Saving at the Gas Pump! With summer vacations plus daily commutes and errands, this site will give you some helpful tips and suggestions as to how to save on gas usage. The Alliance to Save Energy, made up of 18 member companies, trade associations, government agencies, consumer group and nonprofits (including the Wal-mart Foundation, ExxonMobil and the NRDC) recently joined forces to launch: http://drivesmarterchallenge.org. Focused totally on transportation, the new Drive Smarter Challenge campaign aims to help consumers cut gasoline costs through efficient driving tips and practices.

Taking the Alliance’s Drive $marter Challenge means pledging to take from one to six actions that will produce measurable reductions in gas, money, and CO2 emission.
A calculator on the site computes not only your individual savings through your own actions, but also computes a running tally of savings by everyone who has taken the challenge. It demonstrates the impact of one person’s actions multiplied by similar fuel-efficiency actions of family members, friends, and colleagues of all the people who share the tips and challenge others to participate. Once taking the challenge, the site also delivers money-saving coupons for fuel-efficient products.

The new site encourages you to:

• Check out and download money-saving driving and vehicle maintenance tips.
• Take the Drive Smarter Challenge –  choose 1-6 fuel efficiency actions – and immediately see your savings calculations (money, gasoline, greenhouse gas emissions).
• Help spread the word by telling 6  family members and friends about the Drive Smarter Challenge and become eligible for discount coupons for fuel-efficient products that can reduce gasoline bills.
• See how individual actions and those of others who take the challenge create a multiplier effect.

Also see our Managing Daily Life – Save on Gas with the Right Car for more fuel-saving tips!