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January 17, 2012 | 
Author It’s reported that police forces across the UK are downsizing their fleet of patrol cars and equipment under a new programme designed to save on carbon and cash. A new four-year procurement scheme signed in October has come into effect, which means police forces must now downgrade their low-performance patrol car fleets to diesel-only Vauxhall Corsas, Ford Fiestas and Hyundai i30 and i20s.
Richard Flint, chairman of the National Association of Police Fleet Managers and head of transport at North Yorkshire Police, said the new changes have already generated a 50 percent reduction in day-to-day fuel costs.
He added: “We have just embarked on a national strategy to save on carbon and save money. There are new CO2 caps on all new vehicles in police force fleets and all marked cars must be diesel fuelled.
“This is primarily being driven by current austerity measures to lower costs by saving on fuel, maintenance and the whole-life cost of these vehicles, but it will also reduce our impact on the environment.
“The results in a very short space of time are very encouraging, we are saving as much as 50 percent on the cost of day-to-day fuelling. Previously, police vehicles were probably achieving around 20 miles to the gallon, now we have extended that to an average of 30 miles to the gallon.
“Police forces are now choosing much lower-sized engine models so whereas before a standard patrol car may have been powered by a 1.6 litre petrol engine, we are now buying 1.3 litre diesel models.
“In hire car terms, it is the equivalent of downsizing from standard class to economy.”
Richard also stated that electric vehicles will not be added to police fleets for at least the next four years.
“Electric vehicles may make sense for the environment, but they certainly do not make economic sense at this time,” he explained.
“The technology just is not there for electric engines to be used in response vehicles and the whole-life cost of the models is too prohibitive for them to be used as ordinary patrol cars.”
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In this modern world of technology, we need energy in different forms to do our work easily. We need these energy resources to produce electricity, to fuel our cars and for almost every type of work. There are two major sources of energy. One is renewable and other is non renewable. Non Renewable resources of energy are oil, gas, coal etc and renewable energy resources include wave power, solar energy, wind power etc. our non renewable resources of energy are getting less day by day, due to which it has become important for us, to find out ways for using renewable resources in an efficient way.
In recent years, much of the research has been done to use solar energy for different purposes. In this we basically use sunlight as a source of energy. This energy can be used to produce electricity, to run our cars and for many other purposes. This is very cheap except for the initial investment and everyone can use it. Nowadays car companies are designing cars that make use of the solar energy rather than petrol or gas. These cars are also good for environment as they do not create any pollution. The energy from sunlight can also be used to make saline water potable. It can also be used in heating, cooling and ventilation technologies.
The people are now using solar energy to produce electricity for their homes or offices. Solar energy advantages are that, it is cheap as you don’t have to pay for sunlight but the initial investment is little bit expensive. The best part is you don’t have to pay big bills for electricity. It is also good for people who live in countries where there is shortage of electricity and they have to face problems like load shedding.
The first thing that you will have to do in order to generate electricity through sunlight is to buy solar panels. This is a device that collects the solar radiations from sun and converts it into electrical energy. It is composed of several individual solar cells. The output of electricity from the solar panel depends on the quality and the quantity of solar cells used. They work in the same manner as large semiconductors.
Many solar energy companies are now working to use this renewable form of energy in an efficient way and to make it available to everyone.
Many many years ago I read in some of newspapers that it will come the time when peolple have to buy clear water, packed in bottle in a shop then I remember that I could not imagine how it can be at all:-)
So now we have what we have – changed climate, changed world and the most important the clear watet which is one of the based staff of life is also a big problem today. As you know, no water, no life. It is essential for all dimensions of life., it’s not necessary to life, but rather life itself. Every scholar knows that whater is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but actually nobody knows what that is.
Why am I writing about again and again? Because the facts are still unconsoling:
1.1 billion people don’t have safe water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
Source: Human Development Report
Dirty water and poor sanitation account for the vast majority of 1.8 million child deaths each year from diarrhea – almost 5,000 every day – making it the second largest cause of child mortality.
Source: Human Development Report