• dan1101@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    And very often people sitting in parked vehicles will idle the engine for long periods of time so they won’t get hot or cold.

    • Hule@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      USA? In 1950 every third citizen of 150 million had a car. Now there’s a car for almost all the 340 million.

      • arin@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Yes we know, the cause of climate change is the increase of burning fuel which includes the increased cars being driven

  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 days ago

    correction: heat from large and combustible vehicles

    (also wide stroads and lack of trees; zoning laws, with the exception of isolating heavy industry, also don’t benefit society much, as they contribute to urban sprawl, meaning people need to travel longer to go to work).

  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    This also has an effect on the local weather, right? Severe storms tend to break up or move around large urban areas that put out a lot of heat?