Utrecht low emission zone runs on diesel generator
Posted on 12-06-2015 at 15:05 by ricardo – 48 Comments”
It is this faith that you just can’t.
We write at the end of February. The municipality of Utrecht is implementing a low emission zone, and place on the edge of the centre electronic boards which motorists to tell whether or not the area may enter through a green ‘YES‘ or a red ‘NO’. Diesel engines for 2001 are from may 1 no longer welcome in the city. Diesels are the devil, thus, the Fate of Hooijdonk, GroenLinks-alderman of environment and traffic, which is already in utrecht residents with extra lubricant while they are watching or the rules can even further be strengthened.
Our surprise was great when it turned out that the car license plate camera coolly on a generator was running. You know, that kind of thing on fossil fuel. “Never mind, is only temporary’ was the answer of @GemeenteUtrecht. Fine, we could live with that. Later they would indeed be connected to the mains.
What outlines our surprise today: a car license plate camera to the edge of the city centre – for the Rabobank/at the fair – is currently powered by indeed, a power generator. A dieselgenerator, that is. The last time, denied the social media intern for @GemeenteUtrecht that use was made of a dieselgenerator, so we called with Connection Systems, supplier of the camera installation. That confirms that the used model in the picture is indeed a dieselgenerator.
Fotocredit: Bovag spokesman and Utrechter Tom Huyskens
Is there suddenly something wrong with a modern diesel engine? Of course not, those things are silent and economical. Dieselgenerators rule. But in this case there is a car license plate camera fed which is inside the environmental zone, where Utrecht daily 130 fines to 90 euros out of dieselende motorists. What do we call something like that again? Oh yes, so.
UPDATE: while alderman Fate of Hooijdonk on Twitter all the downplayen, stumbled on this second diesel generator on the Jaarbeursplein, 500 metres away from the above car license plate camera, in the heart of Utrecht. Hear that diesel engine even delicate strumming.