This is the very first installment of the Truth or Troubled section where we take common activities and habits that seem green and test them to find out whether or not they help combat climate change. I touched on this earlier with my  Green driving Tips article.

One of the main factors that this conception deals with is the large variety of vehicles and respective set ups, while one car may rev the rpms higher when the car is in gear as opposed to neutral another may be even. Also a large difference is whether the auto is manual or automatic.A lot of other things such as idling rpms and gear ratios have a lot to do with the effectiveness of neutral.

Automatic cars for the most part have the same RPM  while the engine is idling in neutral or in drive (more…)

Basically this section will break down some common conceptions about saving energy and in mythbuster like fashion I will research and test these theories to see if they really do make a difference or not. Truth will obviously be activities,  habits or  products that are deemed environmentally friendly. Troubled will be those which either need more work or simply do not make a viable difference in the fight against climate change. (more…)