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Air pollution

Post by PenfoldClaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:11 pm

Yesterday’s Times reported that legislation is to be introduced to fine car drivers who leave their engines running whilst stationery.
It has always puzzled me why the away supporters coaches parked in Harry Potts Way have their engines running belching out diesel fumes on us as we walk past. Can we bring some pressure to bear on BFC to outlaw this practice?

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Post by DustyBawls » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:15 pm

The average person is thick AF. Can you imagine somebody genuinely going with this?

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Re: Air pollution

Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:48 pm

A transit van parked outside my gran's house the other day for 40 minutes with the engine running. Must have money to burn.

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Re: Air pollution

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:51 pm

If they want to make real money from fines then they've just got to stand by Taxi ranks...

It's also a push for people to buy newer cars which have the stop start technology.

Out of interest, how long are they allowing people to sit with an engine running?

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Re: Air pollution

Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:52 pm

Billy Balfour wrote:A transit van parked outside my gran's house the other day for 40 minutes with the engine running. Must have money to burn.
It was probably running on diesel.

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Re: Air pollution

Post by Wokingclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:59 pm

Yet the club, has a diesel generator pumping out stuff, rhs of the CFS when the floodlights are on

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Re: Air pollution

Post by ClaretAndJew » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:07 pm

There's no such thing as pollution. Its just the earth going through a cycle.

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Re: Air pollution

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:20 pm

In winter it will be for the heater to stay on.

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Post by Wokingclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:21 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:In winter it will be for the heater to stay on.
Cold in Burnley!

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Re: Air pollution

Post by basil6345789 » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:05 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:In winter it will be for the heater to stay on.
Oh that's ok then!
Just like all the mothers waiting outside school chugging away. They like their Air Con on you know?

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Re: Air pollution

Post by basil6345789 » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:10 am

The engine auto-stop is not that simple. Firstly cracking up an engine uses significantly more juice than when running normally. Secondly the starter motor soon gets knackered so lifetime carbon footprint increases as well as scrappage issue. Although many people have bought a new car before this happens, so it's someone else's problem.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:12 am

basil6345789 wrote:The engine auto-stop is not that simple. Firstly cracking up an engine uses significantly more juice than when running normally. Secondly the starter motor soon gets knackered so lifetime carbon footprint increases as well as scrappage issue. Although many people have bought a new car before this happens, so it's someone else's problem.
The new motors don't use the starter motor for start stop tech, it's the auxiliary belt system I believe.

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Re: Air pollution

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:19 am

Think Basil's a bit behind the times Sid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDvCCy9PMg
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Re: Air pollution

Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:13 am

PenfoldClaret wrote:Yesterday’s Times reported that legislation is to be introduced to fine car drivers who leave their engines running whilst stationery.
It has always puzzled me why the away supporters coaches parked in Harry Potts Way have their engines running belching out diesel fumes on us as we walk past. Can we bring some pressure to bear on BFC to outlaw this practice?

Whilst stationery ?

The letter of the law needs to be applied and this practice stamped out..........
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Re: Air pollution

Post by Tribesmen » Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:17 am

I was in Chengdu , China a couple of weeks ago and I must say I have never seen anything as bad for air Pollution anywhere .

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Re: Air pollution

Post by SingaporeClarets » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:28 pm

I do like the smell of all the recycled material the local councils have shipped to Malaysia being burnt across the causeway (officially recycled) in addition to various toxic gas releases.

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