Walk instead of drive thru
When you are picking up food, going to the bank or even filling a prescription, park your vehicle and walk inside instead of using the drive through (aka drive thru).
Every time you use a drive through, you burn about 18 cents worth of gas idling your car. According to Quick Service Restaurant Magazine, the average drive through wait time once the order is taken is three minutes.
Parking your car and getting out also allows an opportunity to stretch your legs.
Some people have argued that drive throughs save on energy because they allow establishments to have smaller dining areas (or eliminate them altogether.) But others question such logic. If enough people declined to use drive throughs, new facilities would instead be designed with walk-up (and bike-up) windows.
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4 Comments Received
August 24th, 2009 @5:49 pm
Even better, provided I don’t have to carry something very heavy, I use a push bike. Does not use up any energy, is a nice ride and is good exercise too!
i recommend it highly. Good for the heart!
August 27th, 2009 @4:16 pm
18 cents doesn’t sound like much, but multiply that by 365 days per year and you’ve got over $65! I sort of agree with those that say the smaller dining areas in restaurants help out as well. It seems like fast food joints are getting smaller and smaller.
September 1st, 2009 @5:34 am
There should be a posted surcharge for using a drive through. I work in a pharmacy, my work area is right next to the Drive-thru window. You would not believe the number of people who sit at the window, engine idling, waiting for a prescription to be filled. We are talking 10 minutes minimum. We don’t have anything under the lights already cooked and ready to go, y’know.
We also have people trying to order items form the Taco Bell next door, which is almost as smart.
As stated above, small amounts add up. $65 a year times millions of cars is a helluva lot of waste.
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May 28th, 2010 @6:46 am
This is certainly one thing everybody can do to help the Green cause. It is amazing how much these little things can help.
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