Apply your climate ‘smarts’ to your car and save!

The Queensland Government are now offering a 50% subsidy for all Queenslanders that want to offset their emissions on their car. The new Reverse the Effects program is a way that you can reverse any negative affects your exhuast emissions are having on the environment.

If you want to claim the subsidy, all you need to do is make a tax deductible donation to the Queensland Trust for Nature based on the estimated calculation of your vehicle’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. To Reverse the Effect of a medium sized car a donation for less than $60 would do this for a whole year.

All money raised will be used to plant trees and create native forests that capture carbon from the atmosphere and reduce the impact of greenhouse gases in Queensland. So, you’ll be helping ‘clean the air’ of greenhouse gas emissions, minimise the impact of climate change and expand Queensland’s protected green spaces. This means we can all breathe a little easier as we give the Smart State a cleaner, greener, brighter future.

To make a donation log onto Reverse The Effect.

Some other ideas and tips on reducing your carbon footprint with your car:

• Get your car serviced on a regular basis
• Maintain your tyre pressure and inflate them to the recommended pressure
• Reduce your car travel by at least one trip each week, try and catch public transport if you can or car pool with other people going in the same direction
• Rid your car of unnecessary weight. You lose one per cent fuel efficiency for every extra 45 kg.
• Don’t drive in an aggressive manner as speeding, rapid acceleration and braking wastes fuel
• Reduce drag by placing items inside the car or boot rather than on roof racks. A loaded roof rack can decrease your fuel economy by five per cent.
• Instead of using your air conditioning open a window instead, but if you do use your air conditioner, only do so as necessary
• Consider new low consumption and low emissions options such as gas, diesel and hybrid cars for your next purchase
• When choosing between vehicles, look for the vehicle with the lowest CO2 emissions on its fuel consumption label.

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