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Electric scooters cost
E-scooters cost only $1500?
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Topics : Electrical
Trucks run on biomethane
Hilarides Dairy, in California, has converted a pair of big rigs (18-wheelers) to run on biomethane produced from cow manure. The effort is thought to be the nation?s first trucks powered by chow chips. Hilarides plans to use manure produced by 10,000 cows, generating 226,000 cubic feet of biomethane daily ? enough to reduce the company?s daily diesel fuel consumption by 650 gallons. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
# of transport vehicles in the US
Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances...about 250 million highway vehicles in 2006 (including trucks etc) - Read More
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Campaign for Better Transport (UK)
The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT), formerly Transport 2000, is a UK advocacy group that promotes the provision of better bus and rail services within the UK, lobbies for supportive policies, and highlights the negative effects of a car-based transport system - Read More
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Topics : Travel
Car free walking
Car free walking is a movement in the United Kingdom that aims to encourage people who go walking to use public transport instead of a car. - Read More
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Car Free Movement
The car-free movement is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations including social activists, urban planners and others brought together by a shared belief that cars are too dominant in most modern cities. The goal of the movement is to create places where car use is greatly reduced or eliminated, to convert road and parking space to other public uses and to rebuild compact urban environments where most destinations are within reach by public transport, walkinge etc - Read More
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750 million passenger vehicles
There are 750 million passenger vehicles worldwide, and this is expected to double next 25 years
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Topics : Travel
Transportation 23% GHG
Transprotation is responsible for 23% of enegry related GHG emissions
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A billion cars
Soon, we will be a world of a billion cars - 2006 data
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Topics : Travel Automobiles