Billboards to encourage NC drivers to change habits
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>>> THIS IS A NEW CAMPAIGN
TODAY.
THIS IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND
JOINS US NOW FOR A CLOSER LOOK
TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> HI, BRUCE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BILL AND IS
THAT MICHELLE OR KELCEY.
>> KELCEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> YOU KNOW, THE CAMPAIGN
TARGETS 24 COUNTIES.
MANY OF WHICH ARE IN AND AROUND
THE TRIANGLE AND THIS MORNING,
SEVEN BILLBOARD DESIGNS WERE
UNVEILED AND THEY WERE RIGHT
HERE BEHIND ME AND THEY ARE
AIMED AT REDUCING
TRANSPORTATION RELATED
EMISSIONS IN COUNTIES WITH AIR
POLLUTION CONCERNS.
>> JOINING US NOW.
WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA SOLAR
CENTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> YOU TOLD US BEFORE, THE AIR
QUALITY IN NORTH CAROLINA IS
IMPROVING.
SO, WHY IS THIS CAMPAIGN
NECESSARY.
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT.
TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER 1
SOURCE OF OUR AIR QUALITY
KEARNS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
AND HAVING THIS RELATED TO
DRIVING.
AND EFFORT SUCH AS PRODUCED
FUEL AND CHANGING YOUR DRIVING
HABITS TO SAVE MONEY IS GOING
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
>> THIS IS IN AN AROUND THE
TRIANGLE.
AND WHAT IMPACT WOULD YOU
EXPECT THIS TWO YEAR CAMPAIGN
TO HAVE?
>> IT WILL RAISE AWARENESS.
MANY PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA
DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE
RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCED HERE.
WE HAVE FIVE DIESEL PLANTS.
PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE THAT
THEY CAN USE ALTERNATIVE FUEL
LIKE PROPANE AND GAS TO SAVE
MONEY.
UP TO $2 A GALLON.
MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT
BY REDUCING THE FEED IN WHICH
THEY DRIVE.
THEY CAN SAVE UP TO 25 CENTS
PER GALLON PER 25 MILES AN
HOUR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> VERY INTERESTING.
AND CAMPAIGN.
AND TWO YEARS STARTING TODAY.
>> RIGHT.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND IT
IS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> I THINK THEY WILL PICK OUT
THE SIGHTS.
>> BACK TO YOU.
>> LIVE IN RALEIGH, THANK YOU,