http://www.jimharris.com/blog/converting-200000-na-taxis-to-hybrid-priuses-would-save-50b-by-2016-in-fuel/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.jimharris.com/blog/converting-200000-na-taxis-to-hybrid-priuses-would-save-50b-by-2016-in-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Josie Scurr Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:20 +0000 http://www.jimharris.com/?p=547#comment-642 But where does the electrical power come from to recharge all those hybrid vehicles? It makes financial and environmental sense that the largest number of hybrid taxis is in Victoria and Vancouver as BC has hydro-electricity. In other jurisdictions where power may be thermal-coal generated then the cost-analysis and emissions arguments may not wash. But where does the electrical power come from to recharge all those hybrid vehicles? It makes financial and environmental sense that the largest number of hybrid taxis is in Victoria and Vancouver as BC has hydro-electricity. In other jurisdictions where power may be thermal-coal generated then the cost-analysis and emissions arguments may not wash.

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