Green Options » airport http://greenoptions.com/tag/airport Posts tagged 'airport' Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:26:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Heathrow Airport Gets Fleet of Electric Shuttle Cars http://gas2.org/2009/11/04/heathrow-airport-gets-fleet-of-electric-shuttle-cars/ http://gas2.org/2009/11/04/heathrow-airport-gets-fleet-of-electric-shuttle-cars/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:26:21 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/11/04/heathrow-airport-gets-fleet-of-electric-shuttle-cars/

For those eager to absolve the carbon guilt caused by yet another international flight, Heathrow airport is trialling an innovative electric car shuttle fleet to ferry passengers to and from the business car park.

Seeing as Heathrow is the world’s busiest international airport, I suppose the effort is a little bit like launching an attack on a saber-toothed tiger with a blunt knife, or maybe a feather duster… But hey, maybe I’m being unfair - I suppose you’ve got to start somewhere right? And I admit, the system does seem a bit nifty - if not quite as good as the Johnny Cabs (video) in Total Recall.

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Uppsala businessman Oscar Diös has been given permission by airport owner LFV and the Swedish National Roads Administration to open a youth hostel in a Jumbo Jet parked by the airport entrance.

Read all about it at The Local

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