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1Nhen gas electric hybrid vehicles hit the market, Wyatt Earp, Director of Fleet Management for- thc~ Maroor ~ County Sheriff's Office in Florida, did'some cost analysis to see whether ifwould be a good idea to pay aiittle more Upfront for a car that gets superior mileage:.The answer? "It costs a little more to start with, but operating expenses are less; says Earp."Plus; we're working for the enviroriment and showing people that we don't need to be so dependent an foreign oil° The Toyota Prius vehicles are used by the department to deliver subpoenas, transfer prison- ers, and run administrative errands. Iri addition, trained civilians use one of the hybrids to cruise the county checking out bridges, pipelines, ahd other potential terrorist targets as part of the department's "Homeland Security i?atrol': ' 4Vework ta-cgnserve as much`energy as we can that's ourobligation to the American peop-e;'said Earp, a descendent of the legendary frontier lawman., "We spend taxpayers' money wisely, and that means we don't run experiments. We've got'a good car here: Hope- fully American car companies will offer something similar, soon:' Earp also manages the annual procurementof cars for the Florida Sheriff`s Association, ~,vhich negotiates wholesale gates for about 5;000 city and county agencies.'Last year it bought`100 hybrids. "Now the word is getting around: I think we'll have 10 times more ordc rr than we had last year;` Earp says. LEARNMORE Vint the Marion'~ount_~~ PuhlicAffairs department's.Web site at: marioncountyfl.org o - - - C~ ~: The nrillic~n, of visitors who visit our nation's capitol each year to see the monuments and rnuti~~unts can breathe easier because ofthe city's clean, natural gas buses which improve uir duality and cut global warming - - -' ~` ~ -=T ~,:-,~~~ i pollution. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ _`'t~.-t Ovcr the past four years, the Washing ~lNi•~L~r;~"t -= ~ F, ton Metropolitan Area Transit Authori- ~ , ~ ty has replaced'414 of-its polluting diesel buses with cleaner burning, ~ compressed natural gas buses. Every ~~ natural gas bus replaces the need for __.,_ .,. _,_,,: --_-.a*~ ;:~-_ ~ ....._ ` nearly 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year: Since natural gas buses release 25 percent less :global warming emissions than diesel, these cleaner buses result in real cuts in global ' `~^~~~rmirig pollution. Natural gas buses also;helpto reduce smog. Compared to traditional diesel buses, the city's natural gas buses release over50 percent lesssmog-forming nitrogen oxides'and 85 per- cent less soot pollution: ~ ._ LEARN MORE Visit the Washington`s transit authority Web site at wmata:comlabout/met_news(pressroom/archived releases/pr_cng.cfm Cool CITIES ~i .~ `IJ - ~~ ~~~~~ ~.`, _ ~ - You Have the Right to Get Good Mileage-For Wyatt Earp, director of fleet manage- ment for Marion County Sheriffs Department in Florida, purchasing fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles and reducing dependence on oil make sense for the environment- andthe county budget.