By Hillary Larson | Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Written with Alycia Mueller
With more and more Americans turning to food trucks for sustenance, emissions from these gas guzzlers is growing concern.
So the question is, how can we keep and expand our well-loved food trucks, but limit their environmental impact? New York’s answer is to get its food trucks to go solar. The city has taken a huge step by launching an initiative to get 500 energy-efficient carts out on city streets by next summer. These carts will reduce emissions by implementing hybrid natural gas system along with solar energy. The pilot program will give food truck vendors the opportunity to lease carts for five years at little to no extra cost.
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