To gather information for this Blog Posting, I searched: “Idling at drive-thru restaurants is
causing Global Warming”. If you want to check me out to see if I made up the
idea for this Foolishness, have at it.
Come to think of it, the Drive-Thru was invented way back in 1930 when the
Grand National Bank of St. Louis, Missouri set up the first Drive-Up Teller
Window. The Drive-Up/Drive-Thru Window has been around a very long time. This
means that the Drive-Up/Drive-Thru Window just might be the single biggest
cause of Global Warming…Or might it not be?
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Drive-Thrus which allow a customer to pull up to a
business’s window in their vehicle while exchanging cash for goods, often fast
food, are beloved for their speed and convenience but they require waiting in a
line of other cars, which all have their engines running.
Multiple City Councils in the Good Ole USofA are imposing
bans on Fast-Food Drive-Thru Windows after this much-loved feature was linked
to Global Warming.
Drive-Thru Windows are now under attack because they
are seen by some as causing Vehicle Noise and Air Pollution, and several City Councils
across the US (this is not a complete list…Orchard Park, NY, Creve Coeur, MO, Fair
Haven, NJ, Long Beach, CA, Minneapolis, MN) have moved to ban restaurants from
adding them to their business.
At this point they are not requiring that existing Drive-Thru
Windows be
bricked up but only that new construction cannot have them. The bricking up law
will come later.
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This may come as a shock to you but I agree with these Forward-Thinking
City Councils, however, I think they
need go further.
Why are we stopping at Stopping and Idling at Fast Food Drive-Thru
Windows? If
we are going to fix this problem, we ought to go to the Heart of the Problem.
I say let’s Get Rid of Traffic Lights! To think of the amount of
Vehicle Noise and Air Pollution these lights create
boggles the mind! Add to this the humongous amount of wasted gasoline and we
have a Worldwide Crisis of Epic Proportions!
Did I just hear some of you bring up the possibility of increased
Traffic Accidents? Those some of you disappoint me. So what if there are a few
million more traffic accidents. I think it is a fair trade off when you think
there will be millions of drivers who will not get into accidents and,
therefore, they will be rewarded by getting to their Fast Food Drive-Thru
Windows Lineup
sooner!
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Oh my gosh! I just realized there is a major problem with my otherwise
perfect Get Rid of Traffic Lights Idea.
If the Drive-Thru Windows would be eliminated, people would be forced
to park their cars and go into their Fast Food Restaurant and buy from the
counter. This would increase the wait time at the counters.
Do you see the problem? You don’t? Again you disappoint me.
Because parents will be standing in line this extra time, more babies and fur babies will die in hot cars than ever before.
If you think I am getting carried away by warning about Hot Car Baby
Deaths, click below…
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
