| In world increasingly focused on the health of our | | | | more fuel. This information leads to the simple |
| environment, automobiles have become a major focus | | | | inference that not using automotive air conditioning will |
| of green initiatives as they are seen as a major | | | | greatly reduce the impact of the vehicle on the |
| source of many of our current global pollution | | | | environment. The natural solution is to roll down the |
| concerns. Beyond owning a hybrid vehicle, there are | | | | windows of the vehicle and let the natural air blow |
| certain steps drivers can take to ensure that their | | | | through the automobile, cooling the passengers inside |
| vehicle, regardless of make or age is reducing its | | | | without burdening the engine. However, it is very |
| impact on the environment. These steps that reduce | | | | important to note that when travelling with the |
| the vehicle's impact on the environment involve the | | | | windows of the vehicle rolled down, after the vehicle |
| following: window tinting, air conditioning and | | | | reaches a certain speed and then travels above it, the |
| management of the vehicle's tires. | | | | engine of the vehicle is in fact more stressed than |
| Auto window tinting can have a very large impact on | | | | when the vehicle is travelling with the windows rolled |
| the amount of energy used by the vehicle and thus | | | | up. This is due in large part to the reduced |
| the amount of emissions released by the vehicle. It is | | | | aerodynamics of the automobile when it has its |
| known that when a vehicle has tinted windows, it | | | | windows down and the increased friction of the air |
| shields UV rays from passengers and reduces the | | | | around the vehicle as the driver accelerates to their |
| overall heat absorption of the vehicle and thus reduces | | | | desired speed. In general, driving with the windows |
| the amount of air conditioning needed within the vehicle. | | | | down on the highway reduces the energy efficiency |
| This reduction of the use of air conditioning within the | | | | of the vehicle's engine. |
| vehicle reduces the amount of stress on the engine | | | | A final area where a driver can manage their vehicle's |
| itself and thus has a positive impact in decreasing the | | | | impact on the environment is in the management of |
| amount of fuel used by the vehicle. This decrease in | | | | their tire pressure. It may be very obvious that a |
| fuel reduces the vehicles impact on the environment, all | | | | vehicle's tires have a direct impact on the fuel |
| because the driver invested in window tinting. | | | | efficiency of the automobile. For instance, tires that are |
| Coming back to air conditioning within the vehicle, it is | | | | inflated bellow their optimum fill level increases the |
| important to note that this car feature can be | | | | effort with which the engine needs to work to move |
| managed to the point where it has a positive impact in | | | | the vehicle and thus decreases the fuel efficiency of |
| reducing the vehicle's burden on the environment. For | | | | the vehicle. Simply maintaining consistent tire pressure |
| instance, it is obvious that based on what was said | | | | at the optimum fill level will ensure your tires are not |
| above, using air conditioning within the vehicle puts | | | | increasing your vehicle's impact on the environment. |
| more stress on the engine, which in turn consumes | | | | |