Do idling vehicles burn more gas and generate more pollution than vehicles that are not running?
To help separate idling fact from legend, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commissioned its own “mythbusting” team and is showcasing the findings in a video parody of the popular television show, “Mythbusters.” This is part of DEPs innovative, low cost strategy to build public awareness of the effects of idling. Like their Discovery Channel counterparts, the “scientists” at work in the DEP production, “Wastebusters – Idling Myths,” conduct rigorous experiments and analysis to definitively prove that idling vehicles do waste fuel and unnecessarily pollute the air. DEP held a “world premiere” of “Wastebusters” featuring the stars of the show and much Hollywood glitter at its headquarters in Hartford today. The video can now be seen by all at www.ct.gov/dep/idlingisfuelish. “Wastebusters” is also available on YouTube possibly the first video ever posted there by a Connecticut state agency. DEP will also be making the video available to schools, driving schools
