Patrick Harvie calls for electric cars for MSPs
Scottish Green leader Patrick Harvie is urging Holyrood bosses to set up a pool of electric cars to cut down on taxi bills and improve air quality in the country.
He said the move would reduce carbon emissions and could encourage members of the public to embrace eco-friendly methods of transport as well, the Scotsman reports.
Mr Harvie pointed out that the Scottish government has placed huge emphasis on the potential of electric cars and said leading by example was the way forward to improving air quality for those who use portable oxygen canisters.
"I think they're being over-ambitious, but it seems reasonable, if we are serious about this, that the government and the parliament should lead by example," he stated.
Statistics obtained by the Edinburgh Evening News recently revealed that large parts of the Scottish capital are blighted by high levels of pollution, which could encourage people to invest in pure oxygen apparatus.
Posted by Daniel Ohio
23/12/2009 19:46:41
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