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Hi I'm Stephen Szucs, the founder of Sustainable Joes and this is Jamie Skimming
from the City of London. Welcome to Energy Myths.
So Energy Myths is the fact or fiction myth busting
series where we'll first hit the streets to find out what normal citizens think,
we will then get an expert's opinion. And we'll finish with Jamie's
footprint analysis.
Today's question:
Do you think a lot of people warm up their vehicles in the winter? - Absolutely, yes.
Yes - Yeah I think a large majority do do it
Oh, definitely. - I don't idle my car, but I have a feeling a lot of people do.
I'm here with Chris from Dom-Mor Automotive, thanks for having me this morning Chris.
Thanks for coming down Do I need to warm up my vehicle in the winter.
Traditionally, yes. Modern vehicles these days, no.
Newer vehicles equipped with new technology,
fuel injection, better oil lubrication systems,
cold start up is not as much of an issue as it used to be.
If you had to give me one rule for winter warm up, what would it be? - It wont hurt to idle, especially in
extreme conditions but it shouldn't have to be any longer than it takes you to
get in the car, put your seatbelt on and wipe the snow off the windshield.
Perfect, so my rule of thumb: turn it on, clean off the windshield, get in, seatbelt, go.
Yep. Grandpa used to have to do it but we don't have to anymore.
So Jamie it seem like many Londoners believe other Londoners warm up their cars,
Our expert Chris says just get in your car and go, what's the environmental impact
of all this idling?
Well Stephen, if every Londoner just cut back on idling
just by one minute a day, we would save about 1.5 million liters of gasoline
every year. That's about two million bucks a year,
and 3,800 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Now in London we call ourselves the Forest City, how many trees would it take, Jamie,
to sequester that
3800 tonnes. It would be about 23,000 trees.
23,000 trees London. The little actions
make the big difference at the end the day. Lets idle less, it'll just make for
a better London
for all of us. For Jamie and myself, bye for now!
Bye!