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I was just suggesting this idea to my wife the other day. She counter argued (and I think she's right) that this is still a risky proposition. If everyone arriv
by sircastor 7y ago
I was just suggesting this idea to my wife the other day. She counter argued (and I think she's right) that this is still a risky proposition. If everyone arrives, stays in their car watching the movie and then leaves, great. But people see someone they know, or they want to let their kids out to run around, and those kids see other kids. And add others have mentioned: restrooms.
- LMYahooTFY 7y agoI suppose this is a practical counter argument if you're both trying to make a risk assessment, but you could go keep the family in the car.
- radicalbyte 7y agoCamera + fines for people getting out. The bigger problem for me will be that half of the car owners will keep their engines running so they can have AC and the idea of sitting for two hours breathing exhaust fumes..
- cglace 7y agoAren’t you just describing driving? What is the difference between thousands of cars crammed together on an interstate vs some cars watching a movie in a field?
- sv9 7y agoPresumably the cars crammed together in a field is supposed to be fun, whereas an interstate is supposed to be soul-crushing.
- saagarjha 7y agoWhen you're driving, you dump the fumes behind you and move away.
- servercobra 7y agoAnd drive right into the fumes of all the cars in front of you.
- radicalbyte 7y agoThe ones on a field will be emitting less pollutants whilst there will be way less on the motorway per m2. It's a bigger problem where I live in Europe because of the number of diesels. Petrol cars aren't that bad especially when only idling for the airco. Diesels are disgusting idling.
- cglace 7y agoHow do you figure there would be less pollutants on the highway? Where I live the density of cars on the highway is much greater than the density of the cars in the field.
- radicalbyte 7y agoI drive outside of rush hour so there aren't a lot of cars on the road. So as I originally said, for me it would be a problem. For other people (like yourself) it isn't a problem. I'll stay watching movies at home.
- droithomme 7y ago> Petrol cars aren't that bad especially when only idling for the airco. Diesels are disgusting idling. Petrol cars do not do complete combustion and emit carbon monoxide which is toxic. Diesels don't. Modern diesels, running on mandated low sulfur fuel, can have lower levels of troublesome emissions than petrol cars. Trucks are a different matter though as they generally are not subject to the same emission standards at present.
- radicalbyte 7y agoI drive what, at the time, was being sold as the cleanest diesel engine ever. A super efficient VW which could do 33km for 1 liter of fuel. All lies it turns out. You can smell it easily whilst idling on a warm day with low wind.. and it smells really bad.
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- asdff 7y agoContext is everything. Thousands of cars crammed together in either case, but one case with with the goal of transporting masses of people vs. burning gasoline to power a 3000lb generator and air condition your personal park bench while you move nowhere.
- catalogia 7y agoI don't know why everybody is talking about air conditioning; I've never used air conditioning at an outdoor movie theater. Maybe if you live in Southern Florida running the AC would make sense, but right now at this time of year most of the country is firmly in "bring a sweater" territory. Keep in mind that outdoor theaters don't work during the day, only after dark, when everything cools down...
- pc86 7y agoYou're right, context is everything, and in this context a huge number of people who drive to work every day aren't driving now. So if fifty cars sit in a parking lot for an hour, and half of them are running, it's an extraordinarily small addition to the huge loss in overall emissions.
- dylan604 7y agoExcept air flow from moving cars allows fresh air intake to have a better chance of actually getting fresh air than if your car is stationary directly behind the exhaust of another car
- vinniejames 7y agoCars have air filters
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- Spare_account 7y agoThe filter removes particles from the air. Not exhaust gases.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoHence catalytic converters, maybe?
- radicalbyte 7y agoExposure if higher in the car: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746925/Why-suffer-pollution-driving-car-walking-street.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746925/Why-suffer-...
- wenc 7y agoRestrooms can be sealed and placards posted. It does assume a certain bladder capacity though. Not sure how to deal with kids though. Video conference call in the car? My friends gave walkie talkies to their kids' friends and they have a lot of fun just talking over that. The range of walkie talkies can be surprisingly large.
- jedberg 7y agoI guarantee that if you lock the bathrooms you'll have people pissing on the door.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoI remember peeing in a soda cup at the drive-in as a kid. Good times.
- jariel 7y agoI think we should encourage it because in a controlled environment it's 'very low risk' and it's a way to 'get out'. Obviously, no restrooms, no concessions, not getting out and running around. That would make it risky. Also probably 1-inch max open windows. With cars 1.5m apart, minimum. This would keep things kosher I think. We need to figure out how to have some fun or we're gonna go nutty.