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keyboard5684
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Re: Do You Warm-Up Your Car In Cold Weather? Don't Do It!

I agree. Why does jfmezei think that American's are like this? Do you drive a hybrid? Then, the electric would start the car moving until you need the engine. Same as if you were getting something in the convenience store, or whatever.

In the US, in many cities and some states, it is illegal to leave your car running if you are not behind the wheel or for a certain time limit. Texas is one of many states that has such rules...
Admin code. Or read the law itself... Texas idling no longer than 5 minutes.

I am sometimes amazed that people globally seem to forget that the US is a very diverse place with many different opinions. I think that your "prejudice" is not justified. It depends where AND what type of pollution you are looking at. The top 10 polluted countries do not include the United States. However, as far as pollution in regard to output of carbon, Canada is right up there with the US and China. Google it.
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>However, as far as pollution in regard to output of carbon, Canada is
>right up there with the US and China. Google it.

Canada is unftunatly now worse than the USA and probably China. We are stuck with George W Harper who is still acting as if his uncle Bush was in power south of the Border.

Harper's proposal at Copenhagen was to cut emissions GROWTH by 10%. This would force the Alberta oil sands project to grow their Co2 emissions by only 152% in the next 10 years instead of growing by their planned 162%. (Left unchecked, the Alberta Oil sands project could product up to 40% of the World's CO2.)

Canada also blocked climate agreement at the Commonwealth meeting a few weeks ago.

So Canada's leader is now the dinausor in the room. The Australia, USA and China have changed their opposition to the enviornment (or are in the process of changing), with India making baby steps. But Canada moved in the opposite direction because protecting the oil industry is Job #1 for a prime minister whose party is funded by oil industry.

The problem is that Geoge W Harper is a disciple of the New American Centuryt neo-cons who controlled Bush. So he reflects a mentality that is still active in the USA, although not in power.
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said by jfmezei:

Canada is unftunatly now worse than the USA and probably China.
This isn't Talking to Americans and you aren't Rick Mercer.
We are gathered here today to argue endlessly about the mechanical aspects of warming up our vehicles.
Come here if you want to talk climate politics. Wolfie needs some backup. »Dr. Tim Ball On the Significance of the CRU Hacked Documents
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