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In response to "How do you feel about the idea of eliminating drive-thrus to reduce carbon emissions?" by Beaker

Civilian transportation is one of the smaller fractions of the pollution pie. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Oct 10 '18, 07:19

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I wouldn’t say one of the smaller. Transport emissions are about 1/4 of Canada’s total, and half of those are from cars, SUVs vans and light trucks. -- (link*) - Roger More Oct 10, 07:31
but there is no one magic bullet. no matter what you pick someone can say "but that won't fix EVERYTHING, there is no point doing it." -- (edited) - Andie Oct 10, 07:20 12
- Yes, but it’s like budgeting: when you need to make room for something, you don’t belt-tighten on thumbtacks, you reduce travel on the corporate jets. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:25 10
  - sure. that needs to happen. a LOT needs to happen though. and everyone wants to pass it on to someone else to deal with. we have to start taking - Andie Oct 10, 07:30 8
    - “100 corporations are responsible for 71% of emissions” is the slightly-misleading headline I’ve seen the past couple weeks. Not sure if McDonalds - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:35 7
      - I assume McDonalds would be because the environmental impact of its supply chain is enormous. -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 07:37 6
        
        The list of 100 corporations is pretty much all Coal and oil companies. -- nm - Ender Oct 10, 07:43 1
        
        Thanks -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 07:56
        
        But would that even count drivethru emissions, or just cow farts? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:40 3
        
        I wouldn’t expect it to include drive thru emissions, but companies like McDonalds can still make decisions that would reduce drive thru emissions. - Roger More Oct 10, 07:46 1
        
        McDonalds has enabled app-based ordering which can speed things up. I’m not sure if their two-lane drivethrus reduce emissions. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:52
        
        (I’d have to read the actual study, but I’m guessing vehicular emissions got attributed to Shell et al) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:41
  - Or maybe “you don’t just ...” -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 07:26
- The search for the perfect solution is gonna kill us all. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 07:23
The Rock likes pie. Spawn likes strudel. -- nm - Shaun Oct 10, 07:19

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