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Provide hotels for truckers so their cars won't idle overnight.


If you do it below 4366 USD/pp/per year it is worth it. A 5 USD/night Trucker Hostel with 6 m2 cabins
would be a good solution.

Idling trucks burn 5% of all heavy fuel for trucks in the US

Previous work estimated annual impacts
– Baseline was 458,000 long-haul trucks idling overnight
– Emission of 140,000 t NOx, 2400 t CO, and 7.6 million t CO2
– Use of over 800 million gallons diesel fuel (5% of all heavy truck fuel)
• Value over $2 billion
– Noise
– Engine wear and increased maintenance costs

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