A new more environmentally friendly ferry has be introduced by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ferries in most countries are a dirty form of transport becuse they use diesel and can emitt four to nine times more per passenger mile, than a car.
The new ferry, called the Gemini, has the latest air pollution control and sonar technology to reduce impacts on human health and marine life, and is the first of several new environmentally-friendly ferries due to be launched in San Francisco Bay by WETA.
The Gemini features low-wake, low-wash hulls, forward searching sonar for avoiding collisions with whales and other marine mammals, and has committed to monitor and avoid impacts with birds. It also better protects public health through the installation of advanced emission control technology, which will make its exhaust 85 percent cleaner than federal engine standards and ten times cleaner than existing Bay Area ferries.
