Why are Zuck’s security not operating ELECTRIC vehicles?
Put the Zuck on battery power.
They could really fix all of this if they just passed a law saying you can’t leave your home without a really good reason permitted by the government.
Think of all the gas we would save.
They'd not like it when I handed it back, along with a suggestion as to where to put it.
Elementary school kids lecturing grownups. And who do you suppose put them up to it?
Today’s engines are no doubt better in this regard but used to be it took more gas to start the engine than it did to idle for a few minutes.
Anyone ever been at a traffic light with dozens of cars stopped from each direction? EVERYONE has! Why is that? Usually it’s because someone had a turn arrow and one or two cars go through and are long gone while we all burn “precious” fossil fuels.
Why doesn’t goverment make use of the technology available to keep us moving along? They only use technology to oppress and constrict us. Plenty of red light cameras around and there is lots of money for the pols to manage in it.
The other day I came upon 2 heavily traveled, different lights during rush hour, in the rain. I didn’t notice the lights were out at first. Usually they are backed up with a hundred cars. There were 3 or 4 at this time because drivers were carefully making their way through the intersection on their own! Those lights shouldn’t even be there.
Hmm, sitting in a car in a hot climate without idling to run the A/C is a recipe for disaster.
“says Palo Alto city leaders can help solve the problem “
They never say what the “problem” is.
Is their problem in Palo Alto stupidity?
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Aww, my home town. I know I’m probably out of step with the majority here, but I’m OK with an idling ordinance. Unlike idiotic global warming regulations that have zero actual positive impact on anyone’s lives other than those who are in line for the slush funds, in this case, if you have a couple of heavy-duty diesel trucks and construction vehicles parked across the street from your house, unnecessarily idling all day long, there’s an impact there — noise, fumes, etc. Absent an ordinance, they’ll maybe shut it off when possible out of courtesy, or maybe they won’t, but I could see an ordinance being helpful in motivating people to do so as a matter of course. For the record, it would almost never be necessary to idle for heat or A/C in Palo Alto, it has one of the most moderate climates on Earth, made even more so by a lush tree cover across the entire city.