engine idle Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 DO NOT IDLE with no purpose: several facts related to this bad habit https://www.greenoptimistic.com/do-not-idle-with-no-purpose-several-myths-related-to-this-bad-habit-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/do-not-idle-with-no-purpose-several-myths-related-to-this-bad-habit-20080206/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:46:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/do-not-idle-with-no-purpose-several-myths-related-to-this-bad-habit/ HERE’S THE RULE OF THUMB: If you’re in a drive-through restaurant/business line or waiting for someone and you’ll be parked and sitting for 10 seconds or longer… turn off your car’s engine. Why?? For every two minutes a car is idling, it uses about the same amount of fuel it takes to go about one […]

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