I’m in London at the moment and I noticed something on the tube yesterday. Instead of the usual paper posters advertising shows etc on the escalators, at one station they’ve been replaced LCD screens which show a changing array of ads.
Is this extra energy consumption the way that London is going to meet its Kyoto targets?
No. But the next mayor should sign a deal with nuclear generators to use only nuclear energy for the underground. That will do the trick and it would cheer up Bob Crowe et al no end.
No but it will spend a very small percentage of the extra profits it makes on a nice shiny carbon offsetting certificate from Parker Bros.
Win-win all round. The tube make extra money from the sponsors, the greens get some feelgood with a piece of paper, the suppliers make money from the public and all this new equipment helps bring the price down for us chaps at the end of the chain.
But they save all those paper posters 😉
I think it’s actually private enterprise.
Surely, aristeides, all underground trains should have a wind turbine and solar panels on their roofs. In this day and age, first comes the bright, knee-jerk idea to a none or minor problem, then comes the implementation and only then comes the realisation of the practical difficulties or inordinate costs.
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