[SeaCliff]

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/climate/10-simple-ways-to-use-less-oil/blog/12883

This entry comes by popular request. A lot of people have been asking   what they   can do to use less oil, and reduce demand for the sticky stuff   ruining beaches everywhere. Here's my top ten, feel free to add to it in   comments:


1. Carpool, cycle or use public transport to go to work.


2. Choose, when possible, products packaged without plastic and recycle or   re-use containers.


3. Buy organic fruits and vegetables (fertilisers   and pesticides are based on oil more often than not).


4. Buy beauty products (shampoo, soap, make-up) based on natural   ingredients, not   oil.


5. Choose when possible locally produced products (less transport   involved).


6. Buy clothes made out of organic cotton or hemp - not   from oil derivatives.


7. Use non-disposable items in picnics and summer festivals.


8. Quit bottled   water.


9. Fly   less.


10. Demand that your government encourage renewable   energy instead of subsidizing   oil.
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[ankleslapper]

I'm always surprised by people who are super pious about their hybrid cars and 'green' habits...who drink bottled water like it's going out of style.  I guess it seems healthy/organic/green...so people don't even think about the waste associated with it (packaging, production & transport).  And the expense...it's one thing we all fell for like total suckers.

[Shacky]

10. stop eating meat

[ChopChaser]

Recently switched our sailboat to wood/soy waste by-product biofuel


Now you can buy solar panels for your home to charge your chevy volt, this eliminates the largest fossil fuel consumption from your life (transport and home).