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Propane
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London Police Services
Miscellaneous
100
What is fuel?
substance burned for energy
100
What is propane? colourless gas used as fuel
colourless gas used as fuel
100
What is the year London Police started testing propane?
1982
100
What is the London Police Services top cost-cutting measure?
Using propane to power their cars
100
What is the engine of a propane powered car compared to the engine of a gasoline powered?
Slightly weaker
200
What is is the definition of the word vandals?
people who destory public property
200
What is another place you can find propane?
Barbeque
200
What is the percentage of police cars that were converted to run on propane?
45%
200
What is the amount of full-sized cars the London Police have converted to propane powered vehicles?
72
200
What is the caption of the photo on the first page?
"members of the London Police Services"
300
What is full throttle?
with the gas pedal to the floor
300
What is the advantage of propane to gas?
Cheaper
300
What is the percent propane powered vehicles reduce pollution?
98%
300
What is the reason not all London Police cars can convert to propane powered?
Unmarked cars doing surveillance need to camoflauge and could be recoginized with the smaller trunk
300
Who is reffered to as "the fleet"
London Police
400
What is surveillance?
close observation of a person or group
400
What is the disadvantage of a propane powered vehicle?
Trunk cavity reduced for equipment
400
What is the amount of money the force saves by using propane instead of gas over the average life of a vehicle?
$11000
400
What is the worry the London Police had about using propane powered cars?
Vehicle response time
400
What is the number of paragraphs in this reading?
Eight paragraphs
500
What is horsepower
a common measure of power
500
What is the difference between propane and fuel?
Propane burns cleanly with fewer carbon deposits
500
What is the wheel horsepower that vehicles on propane usually register at?
110 wheel horsepower
500
What is the number of unmarked London Police cars that run on both ethonol and gasoline?
71 unmarked cars
500
What is the most environmentally friendly vehicle? Hybrid, propane or gasoline?
Hybrid