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Now Business Green reports that the company [Tesco] is making a firm, long-term commitment to the fight against climate change. Specifically, that commitment includes a promise to slash its own operational greenhouse emissions 60% by 2025, and by 100% by 2050. It has also promised to run on 100% renewable energy by 2030. In the process, it became the first UK supermarket to have its climate change plans approved by the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative.
Of course, even with these impressive goals, much remains to be done. As WWF's ['World Wide Fund for Nature' aka 'World Wildlife Fund'] head of climate and energy, Gareth Redmond-King, notes in the Business Green article, Tesco is a major retailer of gasoline and diesel due to the gas (petrol!) stations it runs at its stores. And a related commitment to slash supply chain emissions by only 17% by 2030 is not nearly as impressive as its own operational emissions targets.
Source: Treehugger.com
(Score: 2) by Unixnut on Saturday May 20 2017, @01:13AM
> That's what I imagined. It would be funny if they were placed the furthest away from the store so that the people with gas guzzlers don't just take the spaces.
Actually, I imagined that it would be all the parking spaces in the lot, with no "electric car only" spots. The electric charging points they put in the street next to me are like that, "electric only parking". So what happens is that apart from the odd Tesla or Volt, 99% of the time the spots are empty while everyone else crams into what is left of the street, causing extra congestion and general inconvenience for all involved.
I can understand why the government did it that way on a public road, because if they didn't the charging points would get filled up with normal cars all the time, so someone in need of an urgent charge would be unable to make use of the facilities. Electric car drivers already suffer from range anxiety, without finding the only charging spots in the area are taken by normal cars as well.
However a supermarket is unlikely to get that problem, so they could just wire up every single spot, and people park wherever it is free. At least my local Tesco lot has never hit 100% full, even at peak time, so finding a spot would not be a problem. That way maximum potential spots for either type of car.
Funny thing is, I always park my cars furthest away from the store :) I put too much effort into keeping my cars nice and dent free, just to have them knocked and dented by people who open doors without caring for others property. Usually the spots furthest away are empty, so no need to worry that I will come back to a damaged car.