Discuss: UPS helps take No-Idling national

[cheryl]

UPS helps take No-Idling national - Business Journal
United Parcel Service Inc.’s charitable arm The UPS Foundation has donated $350,000 to take the No-Idling Campaign national with partners Earth Day Network and The Clean Air Campaign.

“Turning off your engine while waiting to pick up your child is such a simple step to help everyone breathe cleaner air, save money on gas and reduce emissions all at the same time,” said Kathleen Rogers, president of Earth Day Network. “Vehicle idling wastes fuel and money. In fact, idling for 30 seconds uses more fuel than restarting your engine, and idling for 10 minutes a day wastes an average of 24.6 gallons of gas per year.”

[Top Fuel Friday]

This is good, I think there are a lot of misinformed people that thing idling uses less gas than restarting the vehicle. Every little bit helps us make our environment better or conserve fuel.

[alcapono]

This is very funny, I work in upstate NY and UPS forces me to take a 45 minute lunch even though skipping my lunch would be legal. This forces me to idle my truck for 45 minutes so I dont freeze to death. UPS only cares on paper but in reality its all talk

[ups767mech]

UPS is all show. They let the K-Loaders, Belt loaders, Tugs, and package cars idle for hours everynight before the sort here in louisville. Hipocrites.

[Hoaxster]

UPS is all show. They let the K-Loaders, Belt loaders, Tugs, and package cars idle for hours everynight before the sort here in louisville. Hipocrites.

Just wait till dewed sees this!
UPS has a good reason for doing it this way.
We have measured it.
Anyway go after the manufacturers of the machines ... its not UPS!
You just wait!

[drewed]

Mech why do they let them run? Its not that cold overnight so it shouldnt be that hard to start them in the morning....

[ups767mech]

Mech why do they let them run? Its not that cold overnight so it shouldnt be that hard to start them in the morning....

Drewed i work at worldport. We work all night long. They start the equipment 3 hours before the first aircraft lands and let it run till about 7 am . Why you ask? I dont have a clue.

[trickpony1]

Every sleeper team I have seen that pulls into our hub for fuel lets the engine idle....even while fueling (which I think is illegal).

[drewed]

Drewed i work at worldport. We work all night long. They start the equipment 3 hours before the first aircraft lands and let it run till about 7 am . Why you ask? I dont have a clue.

I know just curious, we run our equipment during the cold spells to warm it up for a little when we have (when its less then 0 out), because it tears up the equipment but I couldnt see why SDF would do it.

[brownmonster]

I'll show this to the boss tomorrow night when we have 10 diesel pkg cars idling outside for 3 hours during the reload.