Fleet Vehicles (2011 Strategic Plan)

We will institute a petroleum reduction program. Significant reductions in carbon emissions will be realized by converting all physical plant and public safety vehicles with energy-efficient hybrids.

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 * Is it worth looking into converting them to (maybe locally-produced) methane instead? The conversion is sometimes cheap and easy; at least it was on CIS vehicles. Hybrids can be expensive. Will we realize anough savings to justify the cost? How much fuel does the fleet actually use, anyway? Wouldn't we gain a lot more from making our buildings more efficient and/or implementing better carpooling systems? Perhaps you already did all this research.
 * I don't know much about logistics or costs, but I think it is important to work on making Hampshire's vehicle fleet more efficient. It would be rather hypocritical to encourage commuters to reduce their carbon footprints while doing nothing about college-owned vehicles...  Rebecca Thomas, F'07