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01-24-2007, 10:24 AM

Hello fellow environment guardians.
This came to my attention when reading clean air tips at www.aircare.ca

"Avoid rapid acceleration (putting the pedal to the metal) which can produce
more than 40 times the emissions of normal driving."

That means when ever a driver gets pissed off from seeing a cyclists and
speeds up to get away from you like you are vermin he is polluting the air
40X more than if you were not there in front of him.
I know it IS there fault but that puts my world out of wack cause I believed
I was improving air quality and now it is a few degrees less so.

Also, idling more that 30 seconds is worse than shutting off the motor
and starting up again. I guesss some intersections they could get everyone
shutting off the motor then. haha

01-24-2007, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
nash Guest Posts: n/a	drivers speeding away Hello fellow environment guardians. This came to my attention when reading clean air tips at www.aircare.ca "Avoid rapid acceleration (putting the pedal to the metal) which can produce more than 40 times the emissions of normal driving." That means when ever a driver gets pissed off from seeing a cyclists and speeds up to get away from you like you are vermin he is polluting the air 40X more than if you were not there in front of him. I know it IS there fault but that puts my world out of wack cause I believed I was improving air quality and now it is a few degrees less so. Also, idling more that 30 seconds is worse than shutting off the motor and starting up again. I guesss some intersections they could get everyone shutting off the motor then. haha