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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:45 PM Original message |
Inexplicable insanity - not just people leaving their cars idling - |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's one better... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. How about someone idling at an EcoCenter |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Of course people are screwed up. Insane, really. How else could a Hitler or a Bush rise to power? |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Edumacate me, please! But doesn't it take more gas to re-start |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Used to but not |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah, one minute max, and you might be right about the 30 seconds now. I ALWAYS |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Automotive engines these days burn VERY little gas when idling. |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. True but they sttill burn less when they're off. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Most sources I've seen use the 10-second rule |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The stoplights around Naples, FL are so long that my dad turns his car off |
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