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On Friday 5th November, The Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP will be introducing greener motoring to Barking’s motorists when The Barking Service Station Forecourt & Shop is officially opened. The busy Barking Texaco Service Station on Ripple Road has been extensively redeveloped, and this Friday sees the culmination of four months’ work and £750,000 investment when the facilities are officially opened with a celebratory forecourt open day. The Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP will be the guest of honour introducing local residents to a host of new services such as an extended and refitted SPAR shop, a new jet wash area, state of the art pumps and pipes, as well as the introduction of Autogas LPG. As a viable, alternative to petrol and diesel, Autogas offers motorists savings of up to a third on fuel costs* and can dramatically reduce the impact driving has on the environment. Motorists interested in finding out more about how to save fuel costs and run cleaner, greener vehicles can meet the experts at the Barking Service Station open day this Friday. Paul Oxford from Autogas explains the benefits for road users and the environment: “Vehicles running on LPG produce far less carbon dioxide, but they also emit far fewer of the other harmful emissions such as oxides of nitrogen and microscopic particles, known as PM10s, which are found in diesel and petrol and have a damaging effect on the environment. “In fact vehicles running on LPG produce 17 per cent less carbon dioxide than petrol. In terms of oxides of nitrogen, which is equally as harmful to the environment, Autogas delivers 120 per cent less than petrol and a staggering 2,000 per cent less than diesel. “PM10, or small particle, emissions, which have been singled out in road pollution studies as being particularly harmful to children and people suffering from Asthma, are significantly reduced in vehicles running on Autogas; figures show 120 per cent less PM10 emissions than diesel vehicles. “But it is likely that the financial benefits of switching to LPG will be even more attractive to Barking residents. Fuel costs can be reduced by as much as 33 per cent and the conversion cost, usually around £1,800, can be recouped in less than two years*.” |
