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No Idle Campaign
Alex and Jordan
noticed that many people in the school pick up lines idle their
cars. They learned through research that unnecessary idling wastes
gasoline and adds CO˛
into the atmosphere, which accelerates global warming. They thought
that a good place to start would be to get parents of Cider Mill
students to commit to not idling their car in the pick up line or
anywhere else.
Their message is
simple: IF YOU IDLE YOUR CAR FOR TEN SECONDS OR MORE, YOU ARE USING
MORE GAS THAN TURNING YOUR CAR OFF AND ON. In addition, they
learned that idling is unnecessary to “warm up” your car (the best
way to warm it up is to drive it) and idling is in fact harmful to
engines – causing more gasoline residue to build up in the engines,
exhaust system rusting, and more.
As Alex and Jordan say, "If you're
stopped for more than ten, turn it off and on again."
Learn more
facts
about how idling contributes to global warming.
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