Why We Should Drive Throughs Be Banned Essay

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If a person idles an automobile for even one hour, it wastes up to .7 gallon just vanishing into the air and causing pollution. Collectively, people emit about 58 million tons of carbon dioxide doing nothing. Also, just 10 minutes of idling causes an average of 22 gallons of gas being wasted. Drive-throughs cause pollution and a squander of gas, they should be banned in the U.S. Even though drive-throughs are unsatisfactory for our environment, they also could get people food expeditiously and they don’t have to get out of the car. Drive-throughs should be banned because they disfiqure the environment. Townsend stated, "In 2007, a California state science fair student estimated that vehicles idling in California's 8,500 drive-thru businesses consumed 32 million gallons of gas." That much gas consumed in one state, just …show more content…
Mr. Green stated, "Every hour you idle, you waste up to .7 gallons of gas going nowhere." That is just one little car wasting gas and just imagine how much the whole country wastes. Also, another fact that Mr. Green said, "Collectively, we emit about 58 million tons of carbon dioxide while we're essentially doing nothing." The spread of American idle may be an exciting prospect for companies seeking to expand this lazy food getting method to the rest of the world, but it's a devastating one for the environment. This is why drive-throughs should be banned in the U.S. Even though drive-throughs are bad, they can also get you food faster while you're in a hurry and you don't have to get out of your car. Tiger Chef stated, "Drive-thru restaurants are popular because they are convenient, quick, and easy for hurried costumers." Drive-throughs help many people that are in a hurry because they are swift and simple to get food or drinks. Many people love drive-throughs, but not everyone. the environment is more important than being late for work, and should be banned in the

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