New York City: Future Home to Greener Cabs and Windmills
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Mayor Bloomberg of New York has recently announced some big administrative decisions to aid the Big Apple in reaching sustainability. He recently declared that by October one thousand New York cabs would be converted to hybrid energy. The vehicles would run on both gasoline and electric power, and are expected to serve as a model influencing other big cities to make similar decisions. Within five years, the goal is to have all 13,000 cabs converted, which should eventually reduce the carbon emissions by half. Bloomberg was quoted saying, “It will be the largest, cleanest fleet of taxis anywhere on the planet.” The mayor has also sought renewable energy developments by erecting windmills on waters, bridges and skyscrapers. He is requesting investors and private companies to fund research with one of the motives to reduce the city’s highly taxed power grid. At a recent Las Vegas alternative energy conference Bloomberg said, “When it comes to producing clean power, we’re determined to make New York the No. 1 city in the nation.”
[via] GOOD Magazine
