Pollution
Submitted: Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:05
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new boy
I have just had 7 weeks doing Canada and the States .Today the grand daughter when back to
Perth on the Bus for at least half an hour whislt we were there the bus was just idling
Reply By: new boy - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:11
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:11
Sorry pressed the wrong button
What I noticed in North America all the coaches and trucks shut down straight away there was no just sitting idling certainly helped both pollution and fuel usage. But in saying that they dont know what a clothes line is every thing goes through a dryer which probably negates the shut down of buses and truck .
Just a thought
PS they had 2 Toyota's which looked very nice an F150/250 size and one a bit larger than our Hi Lux both I beleive would sell
well in Aussie.
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 13:42
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 13:42
You need to go back and have a look in the winter, go to a
truck stop and you'll find 100s of trucks just above idle all night, why you might ask, if they didn't the driver would be frozen solid , the engine wouldn't start, the diesel wil Gel up, the radiator freeze,
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This road over the pass goes higher than Mt Kosciuszko.
I was driving this Chevy Malibu below
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 14:47
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 14:47
Yep there was a program on TV recently on the ICE ROAD in Alaska.
They NEVER turn the trucks off cos if they do they wont start again.
In one episode one lost its batteries and was in the workshop with a blowtorch on the sump to heat the oil up so they could crank it over.
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Reply By: vk1dx - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 13:55
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 13:55
We're not much better.
We build environmentally friendly (joke) houses and "air condition them". Go figure.
Lip service is cheap.
Looking after the environment costs money.
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Reply By: Member - Ian H (NSW) - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 15:50
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 15:50
When we were in New
York this time last year we saw a
sign on a pole new the
Brooklyn bridge that read "YOU IDLE... YOU PAY.. Fine $3000 (USD). It was very hot at that time of year but no one idled!!
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Reply By: AlanTH - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 18:39
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 18:39
I've just returned from a trip to the popular spots in Asia like Phuket, Penang and Singapore and a few more and the stink from tourist buses ticking over, no doubt to keep the aircon going, was terrible.
But there's not only air pollution, check out the filth leading into any harbour up there and inside them, check the filth along the roads and waterways.
I know our
population is tiny compared to their's, but there doesn't seem to be any attempt even to empty
bins in the few
places they were provided. Based on what was admittedly a short visit, I'd say our efforts at cleaning up after the pigs that chuck rubbish about are far and away in front of theirs.
Alan.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 19:09
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 at 19:09
Alan, I can't believe that you lumped Singapore in with the others, it is an amazingly clean city, no rubbish in the streets etc, no graffiti/eye pollution,
water ways look very clean for such heavy traffic........... Did you actually visit Singapore?
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Follow Up By: AlanTH - Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:12
Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:12
I'm afraid I was a bit jaded by the time we got to Singapora and may be guilty of being over critical by including it. But going through the Singapore Straits the huge amount of flotsam and jetsom was shocking but of course that can be blamed more on the moored ships I suspect than the City.
We seemed to be plowing through this rubbish for a couple of hours.
In the City itself there was still the massive air pollution caused by buses ticking over and for a sufferer of "chronic lung disease" (ex-smoker from long ago) it made me feel seriously sick.
I'll go back again though for a more thorough look at Asia, especially Singapore as my brother lived there for years and loved it so it must be good.
Cheers.
Alan.
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