Idling debate

Letter to the Editor...

Idling debate

I was disappointed by the 17 February article encouraging readers to not idle their vehicles. There was a glaring error that made me read the article twice over to try to spot any other mistakes, and ruined the credibility of the author in my mind.

“Idling even two minutes uses the same amount of fuel as driving about one mile; letting a vehicle idle for more than 10 seconds uses more fuel than restarting the engine. In fact, it uses as much fuel as traveling five miles...”

Am I to believe that the fuel used to idle for two minutes will get me one mile on the open road, while the fuel used to idle for ten seconds would let me drive for five?

Such contradictory writing makes it hard to take any of the other facts presented seriously.

— Joshua Law

Student

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