Problems

Most UBD students tend to leave the UBD campus for lunch, coffee and other breaks and choose to drive instead of using public transportation. They leave the campus because they are not satisfied with the limited range of food available at the UBD cafeteria and canteen. They also leave the campus to go to facilities such as clinics and post offices as there are no onsite facilities at UBD that they can use. This results in UBD students frequently leaving and entering the campus, which results in wasteful fuel consumption and spending. This is a problem because fuel is a non-renewable resource and fuel reserves will not be around forever. Furthermore, the exhaust gases are bad for the environment e.g. carbon dioxide causes the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Figure 1. Average spending of fuel per week by UBD students 2005.