• BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      13·
      2 years ago

      Wasn’t that a covid thing?
      With that being said, there is no way i would’ve waited there when i saw 3 or more cars.

    • mhz@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Are you by any chance telling them to walk on their legs?

    • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
      94·
      2 years ago

      It’s a catch-22 though. Like, if I get out of my car for 5 minutes with it off then it just heats up to 1000 degrees. I get that the idea of quickly going in and walking out is nice, and I would honestly prefer to not have it at all (yay for just making coffee at home). However for us in incredibly hot climates it isn’t something I ever try to do. It’s 107 out today, 5 minutes with my car off turns it into like 135 on the inside. Of course all of this just adds more to emissions. Which is all of the problem….

      • SizeGeekEnglish
        63·
        2 years ago

        Electric cars, if you’re going to have a car, do help with this. You just leave the air conditioning on.

          • ewe@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            2 years ago

            Of course all of this just adds more to emissions. Which is all of the problem….

            ^^ from above

            how about we shift that attention into laws and infrastructure that penalize this behavior by corporations

            Completely agree, this is what we should be focusing on. YOUR CAR isn’t doing shit. ALL OF OUR CARS collectively are doing shit. You can change your behavior and feel better about yourself, but this problem was caused by laws, oil money lobbying, and the resulting policy. Laws and policy are the way out of it, not making people feel bad about their “choices.”

              • grue@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                But, 35% of global emissions come from commercial energy use and direct carbon production. The problem is not Jim-Bob in his F-350 (though that’s an entire other issue that should be regulated). The problem is Eric Moneybags and his 15 million dollars of carbon credits who gets to ignore EPA regulations because he has deeper pockets.

                The problem is things like the CAFE regulations that essentially subsidize Jim-Bob’s F-350 by exempting it from the same requirements that govern regular cars, and (from your previous comment) the zoning codes that prohibit density and literally displace you outside of walking distance from your grocery store and work.

          • SizeGeekEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Yeah that’s what sucks right now. It does kinda feel like your responding to something I didn’t say though :-/

      • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        My car I bought recently has remote start. So I can turn it (and the AC) on right before I’m about to leave. A minute is enough for it to start blasting plenty of cold air.

    • Tikiporch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      This was during Covid social distancing, probably right when Starbucks was allowed to open back up.

    • BearJCC@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Many coffee and fast food restaurants around where I live closed down internal seating around covid and still haven’t opened the backup now due to staffing issues. Terminally stupid my ass.

    • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
      25·
      2 years ago

      Yes because sitting in my car jamming to my music is soooooo stupid.