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We might as well face up to the fact that we live in a car culture, and it won’t change overnight. Fortunately there are a multitude of ways in which you can vastly improve the fuel efficiency of a vehicle so it can drive further on less fuel, emit fewer greenhouse gases and save you some money. Here are a few to get you started.

我们也许会面对这样一个现实：我们生活在汽车文化里，这样的生活不会一晚上就改变。幸运的是，你有很多方法可以大大提高车辆燃料效率，这样车子就能用更少的燃料跑更远的路，排放更少的温室气体，节省你的开支。你可以从下列事情做起。

3. Get ready first, then go: How many times have you jumped into the car and realised your laptop or bag is still inside the house, then left the car idling while you fetch it? Plenty of times, it happens to us all. While you’ll never stop this from happening ever again, you can reduce the emissions by making sure you have everything you need before starting the engine.

3.先准备好，然后出发: 多少次你在上车以后才发现笔记本电脑或包包还落在家里，然后你去取东西却让车子空转着？这肯定在我们所有人中发生了很多次。即使你无法避免这事再次发生，在发动引擎前确保每样东西都带齐了，你仍然可以减少排放。

4. Put your seatbelt on before starting engine: I read some time ago that on average we waste several hundred pounds / dollars (x2) of fuel by starting the engine and then putting on a seatbelt. Optimise your efficiency and maximise savings by securing your seatbelt first.

4. 绑好安全带再发动：不久前我读到一个数据，因为先发动汽车再系安全带，我们平均要浪费几百英镑/美元（x2）。通过保证先绑好安全带，你可以达到最佳的效率和节约。

5. Improve MPG: Most road users don’t have a clue about how to look after their car never mind improving the Miles Per Gallon it can achieve. That sort of knowledge doesn’t need to remain within the car sub-culture. You can easily improve the MPG on any car by keeping tyres inflated to their manufacturer-specified pressure, employ steady acceleration and drive at a steady speed that requires fewer gear changes.

5.提高MPG：大多数司机并不知道怎样保养自己的车和提高每加仑汽油可行驶公里数没有关系。在汽车次文化里，这些知识并不需要掌握。保持厂商指定的轮胎膨胀度，稳定加速，少用变速杆，用稳定的速度行驶都可以轻松提高 MPG。

6. Don't idle the engine: A modern car is designed to work efficiently as soon as it starts, so you don’t need to start the engine and let it warm up before you drive. Not even on cold winter mornings.

6.别让引擎空转：现代汽车一旦发动就可以有效率地运转。所以你不需要在开车前先发动引擎来热身，即使在寒冷的冬天早晨也不需要。

7. Smooth gear changes: shift up a gear when you hit 2500rpm for petrol cars and 2000rpm for diesel cars. Research indicates that a car travelling at 37mph in third gear uses 25 per cent more fuel than it would at the same speed in fifth gear.

7.平稳变速杆：当你的汽油车达到2500转/分，柴油车达到2000转/分时，换挡吧。研究表明，一辆时速37公里的车，在3档的时候要比5档多用25%的燃料。

8. Turn off air con: A car engine generates enough pollution without having to power an onboard air conditioning unit. It might be hot outside, but if you want to be serious about protecting the environment you’ll just have to keep the air conditioning turned off! Need further impetus? You’ll save money by driving for longer because of improved fuel efficiency.

8.关上空调：一辆车就算不开随车空调，也已经产生足够的污染了。室外也许很热，不过要是你真的想保护环境，你还是把空调关了吧！需要点动力？那就是，因为提高了燃料效率，你能省钱开更远的路程啦。

9. Don't charge electricals off car battery: It might be convenient, but charging your iPod / mobile / laptop / whatever off the car battery greatly increases fuel consumption. Of course you’ll still indirectly generate emissions when charging electrical gadgets at home, but it is still more efficient than doing so in a car.

9.别用汽车蓄电池供电：这些许很方便，但是用汽车蓄电池给你的iPod，手机，笔记本电脑或其他东西充电会大大增加燃料消耗。当然在家充电也间接释放气体，但是比在车上充要有效率多了。

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