Idling cars is bad for the environment for several reasons : It uses lots of fossil fuels , it pollutes the air and it is bad for a human's upper respiratory infections . Idling cars also can cause acid rain and global warming ."Acid rain" is a broad term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition (deposited material) from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. When leaving a car idling for short periods causes incomplete combustion and can damage engine components. Idling for more than 10 seconds can burn gas almost twice the amount when on the road . You can be saving millions of tons of C02 in the atmosphere . Solutions :
How do we break this habit?
1. Stop purchasing and using remote starters. Remote starters are popular because they are very convenient and are the cause of lots of unnecessary idling .
2. When you are going to your car on a cold winter day , instead of starting up your car and idling , layer up in clothing . Scrap the ice and frost of all windows with a scraper .
3. Buy electric heaters from stores like Canadian Tire because you dont have to idle and you get heat at the same time !
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