Comments on: Madison Wisconsin may ban Drive-Throughs at Restaurants to Fight Global Warming

By: mike

mike — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:14:39 +0000

O.K. I’m one of the nuts that would like to ban drive throughs AND limit the time idling in cars. Do you know that at one time there weren’t any drive throughs? Wow, imagine that; people had to get out of their cars and walk 25 feet to get their fat fix. Now people sit in their cars, get their unhealthful food, get fat and sick, then go to the drive through at the pharmacy to get a pill. How lazy have we become as a society? When did it become an American, patriotic right to unnecessarily pollute the environment? Maybe idling doesn’t amount to much compared to other types of pollution, but it DOES contribute to pollution and if you could reduce pollution by turning your car off now or then or walk 25 feet to get your mega-burger and fries why wouldn’t you? An individual’s rights stop when they infringe on the rights of others, and I believe my right to breathe clean air trumps your right to pollute.

By: eric

eric — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:19:43 +0000

Only lazy people use drive throughs. The little extra excersize to grab your 4000Cal meals will do you good.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:42:32 +0000

Well, ah, there you go! (in case it doesn’t come through, that was my Imus imitation) I saw a story on the news that made a big deal about using more gas while idling, now this. I’m tellin’ ya, this is going to cause people to run red lights, etc., car accidents, pestilence, cat & dogs living together. Just let people drive their cars! Good Lord!

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:53:25 +0000

Unbelievable!! Yet, this shouldn’t surprise me since Madison is one of the most liberal places ever. I used to live near Milwaukee and knew how liberal Madison was.

By: Banning the Drive-Thru: A Case Study - The Global Warming Skeptics Forum

Banning the Drive-Thru: A Case Study - The Global Warming Skeptics Forum — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:36:11 +0000

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By: femmeautonome/is that so?

femmeautonome/is that so? — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:30:02 +0000

I’m with you. This is getting a bit out of control.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:11:37 +0000

Let’s look at the math…

It has been said the amount of CO2 put into the air by the actions of humans is equivalent to the width of a dime on a football field.

Of the 25% of the oil of the world the USA uses, 66% goes into standard household products not the gas tank.

To calculate what little time is spent in a drive-through as opposed to toll booths at the Illinois border, clogged commuting traffic in Madison or Milwaukee, stopping at red lights, warming up the car in January so you do not damage the engine and let’s limit the usage of tar and asphalt on road repairs because that’s using fossil fuels too. Can’t forget the usage of snowblowers used throughout the state and snowmobiles in the upper half as nearly a required vehicle to get around.

I’ve lived in Wisconsin for most of my 37 years. I wonder of these idiots really get around much. Much less actually study science versus the latest pile of vile spewed out there.

By: JOhN thomas

JOhN thomas — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:44:42 +0000

Wow, its nice to know someone is trying to do somethign about the current situation!

JT
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