Some facts:

Some opinions:

  • Comfort and convenience is the only reason to idle-warm a post-1995 non-diesel ICE car.
  • The reckless proliferation of cars is due to the comfort and convenience they offer to addicts of comfort and convenience. Anything to reduce the comfort and convenience of cars is in itself ecological.

So new rule:

  • If someone is idling a non-diesel ICE younger than 1995 for more than 30 seconds, they get a fine equal to the local value of 25 Big Macs (e.g. ~$250 in the U.S.), or 25 hours of community service.