I really need to get a "travel" camera
It would have been easier than typing out the description.
Remember this? In that post, Doug "raised our consciousness" about the waste of energy (and money) of Gilford vehicles left to idle when the occupants went inside to either the Airport Deli or Dunkin' Donuts:
While I agree with calling on our “National Leaders to act against Global Warming,” I believe that there is much that we can do right here at the local level. Several examples of potential carbon reducing measures that could easily be implemented include the study of uses and policies of the town’s inventory of motorized vehicles. From the dump trucks to rack bodies, police cars, the red fire department pickup truck, etc, we as a town should look at ways of reducing the operating times and usages, thus reducing emissions. Simple policies like ordering the fleet of town vehicles that I witness idling at the Dunkin Donuts parking lot every morning at 6:25AM turned off are easily implemented methods of energy consumption reductions.
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One of the DPW's many vehicles sits with engine running at the local donut shop with no occupants. On this day it was only one, but I have witnessed as many as 5 vehicles at the same donut shop at approximately the same time, all idling, within the past week. 6:15AM june 19th, 2007
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The deputy fire chief drives approximately 7-9 miles from home to coffee shop to station, thus turning a less than one mile commute into a much longer journey. Let's buy them a coffee pot for the station and supply coffee. I'd bet we'd save $$$ in gas, and cut back on his carbon footprint, too!
At the time, this post did raise a stir (to put it mildly) and resulted in promises from the Administration that the idling practice would stop.
Er, guess what?
Well, at 7:56am yesterday morning, I decided to get a coffee roll before heading off to get ready to do Meet The New Press. Just ahead of me was the green F350 from the Gilford DPW (license plate G12792). Out pops the driver - right into Dunkin Donuts.
Leaving the truck to idle. And the door unlocked. I decided just to sit in my car to observe instead of getting my roll (yes, I was parked right next to it).
Well, 7 minutes pass. At no time, did the driver turn around to check to see if the truck was still there (hey, we're NOT Boston, but please - those trucks are not a dime a dozen!). He then comes out and heads into the Airport Deli and this time, disappears from sight. Which means, he cannot see the truck at all.
Leaving the truck to idle. And the door unlocked.
Seeing that I was going to be late. I left. Hopefully, the truck did not leave until the rightful driver got back into it.
Still wish I had bought the coffee roll...but if I had, The Most Esteemed Wife would have given me a look...and some words....and....
Decisions do have consequences...
