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Hybrid bus pulling away from stop 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jermaine Kelly, Bus Driver: \"This bus is a lot more smoother, its a lot more gentler and the sound of the engine, you don't hear it as much...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eLondon - 03 March 2006\u003cbr/\u003e1. Hybrid bus pulling away from stop \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jermaine Kelly, Bus Driver: \u003cbr/\u003e\"This bus is a lot more smoother, its a lot more gentler and the sound of the engine, you don't hear it as much so its not really annoying you a lot because when you're driving a normal diesel bus, it's a lot louder and as a long day goes on that kind of does get to you - making it quite annoying. So this bus is a lot more smoother.\" \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of 'Hybrid Technology sign on front of bus \u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of bus driver \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Poynton, Director of Product Development \u0026amp; Innovation at Wrights: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I would like to see in the future that hybrid buses just become an everyday occurrence in every city in the UK and across the world. Reducing the emissions from the vehicles and producing much less carbon dioxides. And also with high fuel costs, using less fuel and saving money for the bus operators.\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Man closing door to engine \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of bus \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, CA - 28 April 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of Mercedes diesel cars in front parking lot of Lovecraft Biofuels shop \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close of Lovecraft mural on wall \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of sticker on car window. \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of vegetable oil box labelling \u003cbr/\u003e12. Lovecraft owner Brian Friedman pouring vegetable oil into car fuel tank \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of vegetable oil pouring into fuel tank \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close shot of Friedman \u003cbr/\u003e15. Friedman getting into car \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close shot of ignition key being turned on\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid shot of engine running\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of Lovecraft vegetable oil/fuel container \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Friedman, owner Lovecraft Biofuels: \u003cbr/\u003e\"And people didn't know how to do it...or would be afraid to let me touch their car because they didn't believe they could run on vegetable oil. So I started picking up old Mercedes, and I figured okay well I'm just going to buy them, convert them and then show people that it works. And I just took off from there.\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. Mechanic working on engine \u003cbr/\u003e21. Lovecraft label on car \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Friedman, owner Lovecraft Biofuels: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Nine months ago it started to boom. The past six months have been completely out of control. We can't even come close to keeping up with the demand right now. \u003cbr/\u003e23. Lovecraft Biofuels car driving away. \u003cbr/\u003eSimbhaoli, Uttar Pradesh, India, - April 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of traffic shots \u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of exterior and signboard of Simbhaoli Sugar Mills \u003cbr/\u003e26. Sugarcane being channelled towards grinder \u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUDNBITE (Hindi) Harinder Singh, Sugarcane Farmer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The new fuel will cost less than diesel and we will get a better price for our sugarcane crop.\" \u003cbr/\u003e28. Various of sugarcane being unloaded \u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of raw sugarcane juice \u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi, India - April 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE (English) Vice Subramaniam, Secretary at the Ministry of Non-Conventional Sources of Energy: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Because ethanol is now taken largely by the portable industry and the chemical industry and there is not much of ethanol that is left to use as a substitute for fuel. So, what we are aiming at in ethanol is increasing the yield of ethanol.\" \u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide shot of ethanol process tanks \u003cbr/\u003e32. Close of Bio Diesel \u003cbr/\u003eFaridabad, Haryana - April 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e33. Various of truck arriving at factory \u003cbr/\u003e34. Station selling hydrogen fuel \u003cbr/\u003e35. Car running on hydrogen fuel pulling out of station \u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi, India - 8 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e36. SOUNDBITE (English) Vic Subramaniam, Secretary at the Ministry of Non-Conventional Sources of Energy: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Along with CNG we tried to blend about ten percent of hydrogen and seeing the efficiency of these vehicles. So if this could catch on, if hydrogen can be used as a fuel by itself at a reasonable cost, we can virtually replace all the oil that we require for the transport sector.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News File \u003cbr/\u003e37. Delhi traffic shots \u003cbr/\u003eTypes of fuel for modern transport is increasingly coming under the microscope. \u003cbr/\u003eWith daily warnings about global warming, the race is on to find more environmentally friendly fuel.\u003cbr/\u003e2006 saw a number of alternative breakthroughs. \u003cbr/\u003eWith warnings of climate damage caused by carbon dioxide emissions, the transport authority in the UK capital city, London, has begun a new scheme to trial six environmentally friendly, hybrid vehicles. \u003cbr/\u003eThe buses are cleaner, quieter and use less fuel than a standard diesel bus -- making them better for the environment. \u003cbr/\u003eThe trial is part of an ongoing programme that strives to implement technology that will help reduce emissions \u003cbr/\u003eThe special hybrid bus is partially powered with electricity instead of pollution-causing diesel. \u003cbr/\u003eThe London Transport Authority is trialling six environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles in their fleet of buses. \u003cbr/\u003eThe vehicles, which are the first ever such vehicles in London, are cleaner, quieter and use less fuel than a standard diesel bus. \u003cbr/\u003eThis leads to a substantial reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. \u003cbr/\u003eThe buses are part of the London Transport Authority's ongoing programme of testing new technologies that will reduce emissions. \u003cbr/\u003eThe new hybrid buses will operate along side six normal diesel buses on one designated route in London. \u003cbr/\u003eThe city of Los Angeles is notorious for it's congested roads, huge volume of traffic, and resulting pollution. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile most vehicles run on petrol or diesel, one man has started a business converting cars to run on vegetable oil. \u003cbr/\u003eCar crazy Los Angeles is loaded with used cars, and the used car lots that sell them. \u003cbr/\u003eBut this car lot crammed with Mercedes is no ordinary garage that sells used vehicles. \u003cbr/\u003eThese German-built vehicles belong to Lovecraft Biofuels. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd they are about to have a very unique place on the crowded streets of LA. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile everybody else is out filling up on petrol or diesel, the new owners of a Lovecraft-equipped Mercedes will drive away on oil -- vegetable oil that is. \u003cbr/\u003ePerched on a trendy strip of Sunset Boulevard, Lovecraft''s speciality is the sale of Mercedes-Benz diesels, converted to run on vegetable oil. \u003cbr/\u003eIn fact, they're modified to run on new or recycled vegetable oil, or soybean oil, or even regular old diesel fuel if you still want to pay the price. \u003cbr/\u003eBrian Friedman -- owner of Lovecraft Biofuels -- fills up a veggie, fuel-powered Mercedes in the company garage from a can of vegetable oil. \u003cbr/\u003eFriedman says you can buy the oil at local supermarkets or better still get the leftover cooking oil from restaurants for free. \u003cbr/\u003eFriedman started converting Mercedes about four years ago in San Francisco. \u003cbr/\u003eFor about US$700 dollars, Brian's mechanics will convert a diesel Mercedes to run on one hundred-percent vegetable oi \u003cbr/\u003eBut the LA-based dealer says he can't keep up with the demand. \u003cbr/\u003eThe rising price of fuel, and concerns for the environment, are some of the reasons driving some buyers to Brian's veggie car lot. \u003cbr/\u003eOil consumption in India has more than doubled in recent years. \u003cbr/\u003eThe country is now looking for alternatives to oil, and is evaluating biofuels as part of a package of renewable energy sources. \u003cbr/\u003eSugar cane, one of the region's most dominant crops, is being used to create alternative fuel sources. \u003cbr/\u003eEvery day farmers are bringing load after load of sugar cane to this sugar mill in Simbhaoli, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. \u003cbr/\u003eThe farmers say they are happy to be receiving more money for their goods. \u003cbr/\u003ePalm oil and sugar cane are the dominant crops in the region, but everything from coconut oil to vegetable oil and cow dung are being tested as \u003cbr/\u003epotential sources for fuel. \u003cbr/\u003eAnother option in India is the jatropha plant. \u003cbr/\u003eAcross Asia, governments are searching the plantations and farms for crops that can help offset their dependence on imported fossil fuels. \u003cbr/\u003eBut with oil prices reaching US$70-a-barrel. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Indian government has announced plans to set aside 98 million acres of land where jatropha can be grown. \u003cbr/\u003eIt hopes to substitute twenty percent of diesel with it by 2011. \u003cbr/\u003eBut it is not that simple. \u003cbr/\u003eEnvironmentalists have complained that the push for biofuel could reduce the land available for food crops and lead to the conversion of virgin forests into biofuel-related plantations. \u003cbr/\u003eIndia is currently mixing five percent of ethanol with gasoline in about half the country and wants 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