[sustran] Re: Fuel consumed by idling

[Markus Sander]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:54:26AM +0100, martincassini at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

> I thought I said, and meant, that 40% of polluting gases from traffic, not
> fuel used, is from traffic idling. I got that figure from pro-regulation

I still don't see what's the problem. Assuming that the time a car motor
is switched on is constant, it is better burning fuel while idling
instead of burning fuel while driving.

Pleae take into account that the traveling *time* is the long term
constant, not the distance.

If you substitute 'idling' with 'driving slow' your statement would be:
"40% of pollutions are from traffic driving slow" and "if everyone goes
faster, we have less pollution". That doesn't make sense.

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 (c) markus