It has been an entire 6 days since I started writing this blog. I have written three entries and change is happening!! Is it big change? No. I still have not figured out how to convince local government to put traffic cops in charge of ticketing idling cars. I have not figured out how to get an audience with our new mayor to convince him to put some effort in enforcing this law so that we can get winter back. BUT, did two THREE friends who read the blog turn their cars off this week?? YES!!!!

More proof that me trying is working; people are thinking and asking me (!!) questions about the law, about the environment and about cars. I don’t know everything they ask, but it is encouraging me to a) continue on and push myself for the change I believe in and b) making me learn things I had not thought about. So thank you friends, for not just reading but acting and asking!!

One questions that was asked, “do hybrid cars or electric cars idle and cause the same pollution?” The short answer is yes, these cars do still cause pollution, but at a much lower rate than a gas car. The longer answer can be found here. It turns out it is not an easy answer, and if we all switched to electric cars tomorrow we would still have pollution since we are a coal based society. But one fight at a time. It is the easiest law to follow, just turn off your car. Done.

One thing I have noticed is that new cars (the gas ones) do shut off when at a stop light or if you are double parked (something that is everyday here in Brooklyn), so that is a nice thing if you can afford a new car; or my dream, an electric car.

It would be amazing if everyone had an electric car. I WOULD love an electric car, but I can’t afford one. Plus, I live in the city and am not fortunate enough to have a driveway so it makes it difficult to charge. There are certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn where chargers are plentiful, but not mine. So I am asking you to just turn your car off, because WE DO have the power to cut air pollution right outside our doors.

The car the polar bears will buy me when I save them. They know where I live.