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I love how the examples are always Alaskan winters but you see people idling their car to warm up everywhere and often in moderate temperatures. For most, it's
by barbazoo 4y ago
I love how the examples are always Alaskan winters but you see people idling their car to warm up everywhere and often in moderate temperatures.
For most, it's a comfort thing and not necessary.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoIf you're even using a car at all, then you have already decided that comfort and convenience are necessary.
- barbazoo 4y agoLet's not make the perfect be the enemy of the good.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoI'm not sure how this is supposed to apply. I am asserting that the function of the car is to provide a comfortable environment, not merely to physically transport. Otherwise why does it even have a heater or an air conditioner? I don't think there is any valid argument for austerity on this tooic. I am saying it's perfectly valid to warm the car up simply because you want to because it's more comfortable and makes clearing the windows easier, because the only reason the car even exists is to be a tool to make your life easier. If that warm up time consumes some of the device's life, so what? Every minute of use consumes a minute of it's life. These few minutes of use are no different than any other few minutes of use.
- omginternets 4y agoAh yes, a two-hour commute to work is just a minor inconvenience. One should ride a bike in such circumstances.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoyes, obviously I meant exactly that
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