On the bus again June 24, 2008
Posted by evilzenscientist in : evilzenscientist , trackbackI’m taking the Connector bus again to work. An earlier start to set up for todays meetings; but it’s still a lot easier than the commute.
On another green note – composting starts today in my building. All of the cups, plates etc are moving to compostable paper from polystyrene. Good news.
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I guess some of this makes up for owning a Landrover D3 V8 which puts out 354g/km on the emissions test… ;o)
You not considered pedal power ? Eco friendly and all that
Suggestion: Get some of that waste cooking oil they fry all of that crap in the MS canteen in and make your own Biodiesel. The Disco 3 will run great on B100 and it’s carbon neutral.
The god of Bio, Graham Laming, is from the midlands as well!
http://www.graham-laming.com
Better still, suggest it to Bill and run the connector bus on it.
Tony - it’s a petrol V8 - they don’t do the diesel version in the states. Also diesel is like in the UK - way more per gallon right now.
I just checked on the Connector buses; currently not running bio-diesel - but they have taken 20,000 single rides off the roads per month. That’s pretty impressive.
*sigh*, global warming, not to mention everyone elses economy, is screwed if your only choice of engine is a V8 petrol. The UK V8 is a nice new diesel with 200+ hp
Even the Explorer has a diesel offering now….
It’s a shame. The cost of bio will be about 10 cents a (US) gallon and save a ridiculous tonnage of CO2.
Take a look at the GL processor and tell me you wouldn’t have fun with that and several beers in the garden shed?
Tony
Did you read this in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/03/biofuels.renewableenergy
The Landy is only for moving the extended family and getting around in the snow/wet. I commute on the bus or in the small VW.