{"id":241266,"date":"2023-01-24T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=241266"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:24:23","slug":"rain-stopped-york-councils-500k-electric-bin-lorries-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=241266","title":{"rendered":"Rain stopped York council\u2019s \u00a3500k electric bin lorries working"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0January 23, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

York is a notoriously\u00a0flood-prone place<\/a>\u00a0and these wagons under-performed in a big way, restricting themselves to cricketing weather. The costly attempt to help save the planet by adopting net-zero climate dogma thus faltered. The \u201awrong type of weather\u2018 excuse used to refer to UK trains, but now it\u2019s moved on.<\/em>
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Two electric bin lorries bought by City of York Council in a bid to cut carbon emissions were unable to operate when it rained, it has emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain caused the wagons to be taken off the city\u2019s roads for up to 26 days a month several times last year, reports BBC News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vehicles stopped working for a combined total of 481 days between January 2021 and November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The council bought the vehicles in 2020 as part of its drive to achieve net zero emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of environmental services Ben Grabham said there had been \u201ea few reliability issues\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data from a freedom of information (FOI) request showed there was just one month \u2013 November 2021 \u2013 when both vehicles were on the road every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

York resident and democracy campaigner Gwen Swinburn submitted the FOI request after noticing she saw the vehicles only \u201every occasionally\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said the issue was raised at a meeting by Councillor Pete Kilbane, who said the wagons cut out during wet conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Grabham said following reliability issues the vehicles were now back in service and operating \u201eabsolutely fine\u201c after refits by the manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost of hiring temporary bin wagons while the electric ones were out of service had been met by the manufacturer, Mr Grabham added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full report\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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