Fired for idling during summer

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  1. Wasted Thyme

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    Better than being on the surface of Uranus LOL
     
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    All of Dave’s trucks have apu’s.
     
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    What do the Starship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common?

    They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons.

    Thank you, thank you! You’re great! I’ll be here all week. :D
     
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    Boo Dave ........

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    If you idle in California you are actually putting out cleaner air than you are taking in.
     
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    I thought swift trucks didn't idle.
    Don't they all have APU'S.
     
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    In the summer an APU just isn't enough. In the south most everyone idles.
     
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    They would if we had a Congress that cared about the environment.
     
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    Between Swift and Knight, they have 25,000-30,000 trucks on the road. The cost to install and maintain that many APU's would be astronomical. It is obviously not cost effective, or you can bet they would have them on all of their trucks.
     
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    Never seen "Clean Idle Certified" on a semi?
     
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