{"id":5787,"date":"2015-07-01T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2015-07-01T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:18:06","slug":"on-the-buses-greenwash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=5787","title":{"rendered":"On the buses: greenwash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most visible aspect of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol2015.co.uk\/\">Bristol&#8217;s year as European Green Capital<\/a> is the year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgroup.com\/bristolgreencapital\">sponsorship by local transport monopolists FirstGroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, there have been some strange coloured &#8211; one might almost say greenwashed &#8211; buses thundering through this proud and ancient city, as captured below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6248\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/greenwash_bus.jpg\" alt=\"FirstGroup bus in full greenwash livery\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/greenwash_bus.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/greenwash_bus-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FirstGroup bus in full greenwash livery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, FirstBus has also been able to buy a &#8216;<em>greenwash-lite<\/em>&#8216; version for its sponsorship that consists of the Bristol Green Capital logo slapped on top of its usual &#8216;<em>Barbie<\/em>&#8216; livery.<br \/>\nThe flanks of the Barabie double-deckers now have the Bristol Green Capital logo splashed across their sides, whilst the single-deckers have a smaller version the logo above the driver&#8217;s cab.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5788\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/03\/greenwashbus_600px.jpg\" alt=\"First bus double-decker featuring Bristol Green Capital logo\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/03\/greenwashbus_600px.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/03\/greenwashbus_600px-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbie meets greenwash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whilst public transport is a greener option than using a private motor car, emissions from the diesel fuel on which buses run.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is reported that emissions from diesel vehicles are significantly more harmful than those from petrol ones.Diesel exhaust contains toxic air contaminants and is listed as carcinogen for humans by the IARC (part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations) in group 1. Diesel exhaust contains fine particles which are harmful. Diesel exhaust pollution was thought to account for around one quarter of the pollution in the air in previous decades, and a high share of sickness caused by automotive pollution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Any resemblance between the full greenwash livery and the British Racing Green livery of the old <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol_Omnibus_Company\">Bristol Omnibus Company<\/a> is purely coincidental.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onthebusesfanclub.com\/id3.html\">Blakey<\/a> say? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most visible aspect of Bristol&#8217;s year as European Green Capital is the year&#8217;s sponsorship by local transport monopolists FirstGroup. As a result, there have been some strange coloured &#8211; one might almost say greenwashed &#8211; buses thundering through this proud and ancient city, as captured below. 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