“Sara! Want new SmartCar? Txt yes or no quick!”

Such a text message from your mother might be odd in some families, but not in mine (Mom sells cars faster than bootleg Louis Vuittons and also wields a mean text thumb). I didn’t hesitate. “Yes! Pics!”

I didn’t need a test drive. I’d been tooling around in an old, albeit fun, Jeep for several years. Well, fun when I lived in Pacific Palisades, California and a big day was driving to the beach four blocks away. My first winter in San Francisco …

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We got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and it’s been in full use ever since. Tennis, golf, baseball ““ you name the game, we’ve played it. Of course, being energy conscious, I’ve been making sure that everyone unplugs it at the wall when not in use. I’ve also been patting myself on the back, because according to the U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Nintendo Wii uses the least amount of energy of the three available game consoles. (The device uses an average of 16 watts …

Tags: efficiency , energy , gaming , Greenpeace , Nintendo , Playing Dirty , Wii

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