Here's an idea that seems incredibly sound to me: convert taxis into hybrids. First, they drive on average 10 times more than regular passenger cars (that actually seems low to me). And second, there are 196,000 of them in North America.
You could cut smog substantially, reduce emissions, and it would be a stepping stone toward greater fuel efficiency for all cars. But since taxis are already registered and monitored, why not? Mandate that all new vehicles applying for their taxi license be hybrids; and all taxis must be hybrids by 2012, five years from now. Brilliant!
Of course, a lot of things appear brilliant at 12:25 am on a Saturday night after an evening of theater. But this one will stick, I think.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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another step (that's admittedly a lot harder) would be to get the nation's semis to go green. the problem is someone would have to invent a hybrid engine that could put out the power required. of course, I'm assuming at that point some variation of that engine could be put into SUVs too. I'm just pointing out that getting semis to go green would be a massive step.
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