Green Contribution.

Lately almost every car manufacturer jump on the green bandwagon. What I mean by green is, green technology that is. The most popular route is producing hybrid car, by adding electric motor to the conventional petrol combustion engine, manufacturers claim that is can seriously reduce consumer's fuel bill plus reducing our overall carbon footprint. Case in point is Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. Others take the diesel route, claiming that diesel is the more practical solution because of the ready made infrastructure. Those makes from Germany especially Mercedez, BMW and Volkswagen have already showcased their respective vehicles using the latest super efficient diesel engine. There are also others who championed electric vehicle, a car that totally depend on electric and not depend on fossil fuels to run. Even supercar manufacturer like Porsche are planning to release their very own EV.

But you see, the reality in Malaysia is, the prices of those cars here is quite out of reach of us, mere mortals. The average Joe like me just does not have the fund to do our part in reducing pollution. Nevertheless, what we can start to do is drive smart so that at least we can lessen our carbon footprint by reducing our fuel usage. In our situation right now, that's the least we can do ...