What one can do (and what I do) is to turn off engine during long traffic lights, railway crossings and so forth. What’s more, excessive idling affects other components (burning up of the catalytic converter, increased corrosion of exhaust system, increased engine wear due to higher vibration etc.), whose premature wear and replacement lead to increased use of raw materials.Idling negatively affects the engine internals due to incomplete combustion (glazing of the combustion chamber, fouling of the spark plugs) which further decreases fuel efficiency for all other regimes of operation.Obviously, some idling is unavoidable, but even half of that saved and multiplied by the number of all the cars in the world would amount to significant impact. ![]() Even 2.0 L compact car would burn (at a rate of 1 L per hour) almost 100 L of fuel a year. In US (country whose residents drive probably more than anyone else on Earth, to put it in perspective) the average cars idles 16 minutes a day (including warming up, waiting, and sitting in traffic). Idling in itself wastes fuel for no good reason, and that adds up.To summarize what is told there (check for more detail), there would be several considerations as related to energy use and sustainability: In France, authorities placed seven more regions covering major cities including Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon on high alert Sunday as increases in infections accelerate.I’ve already touched on this topic on the sister SE site once or twice. India is next with about 71,000 fatalities.īritain is battling another spike, with the number of daily cases hitting nearly 3,000 on Sunday, a level not seen since late May, according to health ministry figures. The metro in the capital of New Delhi began reopening on Monday after a five-month shutdown and 12 other cities began restarting subway services.Īuthorities imposed strict rules on passengers, with masks, social distancing and temperature checks mandatory.ĭuring peak hour in New Delhi on Monday morning, carriages were sparsely filled as people followed guidelines dictating that only alternate seats could be occupied.įor total deaths worldwide, the US has the most with more than 189,000, followed by Brazil with 127,000. ![]() However, with India's economy imploding following months of travel restrictions, authorities pressed on with risky reignition plans. India's cases have now risen above 4.2 million, surpassing Brazil's total and making it the second-highest tally behind the US' 6.25 million. ![]() ![]() India, home to some of the world's most densely populated cities, has been reporting the highest single-day rises in the world and on Monday it confirmed a new record of nearly 91,000 new cases. India has emerged in recent weeks as the new global pandemic hot spot, although cases continue to soar across the globe with reported infections worldwide nearing 27 million and deaths surpassing 880,000.įrance, Israel and Australia were among the nations forced in recent days to extend travel restrictions or impose new ones to try and contain fresh surges. India overtook Brazil on Monday as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, even as key metro train lines reopened as part of efforts to boost the South Asian nation's battered economy. Passengers wait for a train following the resumption of metro services after a five-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic at a station in Hyderabad, India on Monday.
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