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Saturday 16 January 2010

Liberal Democrats Failing on Carbon Emissions

For some months, I have been trying to get Brent Council to consider the use of electric vehicles in its minibus fleet. With 143 vehicles, switching to a green alternative could significantly improve Brent Council's dreadful carbon emissions record. At the moment I don't whether such a switch is feasible, but I think it is appalling that Brent Liberal Democrats are refusing even to consider the idea.

Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have been very dismissive of the idea, with the Lead Member (Bob Wharton) claiming there are no available models. He clearly has not heard of this pilot in Redditch using a Peugeot electric minibus; nor of this John Lewis pilot in far away Oxford Street; or of this scheme in Cambridge; or this scheme in Copenhagen; or these electric buses in Florence.

Manufacturers include Finmeccanica, Smith Electric Vehicles, and Iveco.

Brent Council is not interested in this, just as it is not interested in possible government help with low carbon vehicles.

You can also get a fuel cell bus powered by hydrogen from Iveco.

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