The UK Department of Transport has pulled out a leaf from the environment book and setup a 30 Million GBP fund to buy low carbon buses. This move could be considered one of the most environment friendly moves of the Department of Transport because it not only aids in enhancing green cover in the country, but also adds to employment in the ailing manufacturing industry.
This budget should buy 349 low carbon buses and it is expected that the major chunk will be hybride buses. Though no official confirmation is available on the number of electric buses, but at least 55 electric buses shall be bought as well.
The intent of the Transport ministry is to cut back on emissions of CO2 and with the Climate Summit about to take place in Denmark, the greener credentials of UK Government are firmly established ahead of time. As of now, the schedule of deployment of these buses will start in next summer and end by Mar 2012. Buses are supposed to be pressed into service in cities as well as rural areas of UK.
The upside to this resolve or decision is that the move will safeguard 1000 jobs across the UK manufacturing industry and it provides a good opportunity to the bus builders to stem their losses.The Department of Transport is happy at achieving greener environment levels and bringing in employment to skilled manforce in the UK.
The low carbon buses are fabulous from the fuel efficiency point of view. They consume up to 30% less fuel than normal buses and this alone will control fuel usage and pollution of buses. The most logical inference that you can draw out from this is the fact that the emissions of CO2 will be lower by at least 30% of the current levels. We sincerely hope that the project succeeds. With an existing 0.2% level in total fleet size, low carbon buses have a huge potential to aid in greener environment and overall fuel management.
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