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 ·Verizon FiOS
| How is this being green? Duty vans just sit idling, as the techs do their paperwork, or pull along other techs and chat.
Taxicabs should be hybrids. Not utility vans. Not unless the duty of the Fios van driver is stop-n-go in a metro area.
Verizon could be green if they ditched the Hummer2 marketing vehicles (but why should they? it's a complete wash for a 100% lease writeoff...).
Verizon could mandate that all service vehicles run on ethanol (not going to happen, especially when the big trucks are diesel). Or could encourage employees with incentive to move to hybrids (again, will they go to Camrys? Since that is the only nice car-hybrid available...).
This is just attention-whoring on the "Look, we are doing something for the green team" PR.
Yet, our Fios equipment uses YOUR electricity bill. Rather Verizon could penny-up to donating to windmill farms, or solar arrays on their access/comm areas.
Sorry. bad morning. grumpy. |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | It'll be a long time before you see a proliferation of hybrid taxi's.
Most of the taxi's in use are "retired" police cars. Hack's bid the hell out of em' Last one we sold had 80,000 miles on it, and had been in an accident bad enough to require replacement of the driver's side door, with some surgery to the "B" pillar. We still got $2500 for it.
And I don't think we'll see hybrid police cars any time soon...
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 RideRedVista needs a popup blocker for VistaPremium
join:2005-06-18
USA | CNG is more popular for taxi's here in Cali. |
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N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | said by RideRed:CNG is more popular for taxi's here in Cali. I can see that. Central refueling point, lower emissions.
CNG fueled vehicles also have lower maintenance costs, due to the fact that the fuel doesn't wash down the cylinders at startup like gasoline...
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pvc00
join:2001-03-10
Hampton, VA | reply to cableties
Sorry to burst your bubble Mr. VONAGE, Us Verizon techs don't sit around idling. We are busy switching over those winbacks and triple-plays from Cox & Comcast. We dont have time anymore to do that. Verizon is just trying to save some money. A  t least they are doing something. Maybe the hybrids will or will not work out. It's just a "TRIAL". Why don't you pony up some money and buy some VZ stock and then you can go to shareholders meeting and suggest your " Wind Farm Idea" to Ivan.. |
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RideRedVista needs a popup blocker for VistaPremium
join:2005-06-18
USA | Yeah right. Verizon is losing copper subs hand over fist to cable and they ain't saving crap with this gimmick of hybrids.
Verizon should spend more time providing their techs better training so they can help stop the hemorrhaging customers over crap overpriced service.
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