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Old 03-18-2019, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazuela View Post
I always thought that starting a car took more energy than idling it for 2 minutes. If you have to start it up every time you're at a stop light or even a stop sign, it seems to me you'd be burning a LOT more gas than if you just idled til it was time to go again.
And manufacturing and disposing of batteries does more harm to the environment than do gas vehicles. But facts never got in the way of politicians trying to please constituents or backers
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