My brother is awesome

Exhibit A:


Hypermiling cartoon from john green on Vimeo.

Hypermiling in a Prius

In the above video, I get the chance to hypermile in a Prius (my first time behind the wheel of a Prius). Thanks to my brother John for filming and editing the video, and to Becca for letting me drive her car. Enjoy.

Welcome, Enquirer readers

If you've come here from Margaret McGurk's article on hypermiling in today's Cincinnati Enquirer, welcome. I'm Charlie Green. Cruise around the site for ways to save money on your electric bill, eat better, and do your small part in helping make Cincinnati sustainable. All questions and criticisms are welcome; feel free to leave them in the comments.

Update, 10:35--When I posted this morning, I'd only seen the online article, not the paper itself. So to those of you who hoped to have a nice breakfast with your morning paper but instead saw my bearded grin, sorry about that.

Also, some links about hypermiling:

• My video of hypermiling basics
• CleanMPG, a forum for discussing hypermiling techniques, dos and don'ts, etc.
• Ecomodder's 100+ tips on how to save gas
  

Hypermiling basics: the video

Above is a short movie I made with five basic hypermiling techniques. These are all safe, legal, and efficient. I'll have more video posts about hypermiling later, but there's a lot to think about. I didn't want the video to be overwhelmingly long.

In the meantime, here are some very useful hypermiling links.

• Ecomodder's 100+ hypermiling tips
• Wayne Gerdes' detailed explanation of hypermiling and EPA standards

Leave suggestions and thoughts in the comments.