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aerohead · 12-12-2009, 02:49 PM

In the US the EPA recommends that you not let an engine idle for more than 30-seconds.
I've sat inside a Taco Bueno with a stopwatch and timed the drive-thru patrons idling cycle at an average of 7-minutes per vehicle,or 15-EPA pollution cycles per vehicle,and zero-mpg for each.
The North Texas Council of Governments claims that it's one of the filthiest things a motorist can do and recommends against their use.
They also have their offices in an un-insulated glass office building,in a city with zero-synchronized traffic lights,and approved the construction of the new Cowboy Stadium,which causes so much grid-lock on game days that the sky turns black from carbon emissions.
Okay,I made that last part up.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,314 Thanks: 24,440 Thanked 7,386 Times in 4,783 Posts	idling In the US the EPA recommends that you not let an engine idle for more than 30-seconds. I've sat inside a Taco Bueno with a stopwatch and timed the drive-thru patrons idling cycle at an average of 7-minutes per vehicle,or 15-EPA pollution cycles per vehicle,and zero-mpg for each. The North Texas Council of Governments claims that it's one of the filthiest things a motorist can do and recommends against their use. They also have their offices in an un-insulated glass office building,in a city with zero-synchronized traffic lights,and approved the construction of the new Cowboy Stadium,which causes so much grid-lock on game days that the sky turns black from carbon emissions. Okay,I made that last part up.