Read the headline and thought they were finally going to wash them
This program already existed, with applications being accepted to 2026 I think?
Been a discussion in our district, but it's 3k people in the entire county... Kinda low on the totem. It's a 14 mile route for our kids though, and it's the shortest one. If you want impact this is the place ;)
Meanwhile Proterra is going bankrupt.
Aren’t they selling their businesses to a few other companies though?
As of 2023, over 90% of the school buses use diesel
The other 9.5% are gas presumably
Natural gas, most likely. The natural gas industry has made a big push in the last few years to try to paint themselves as a cleaner alternative.
Yep. They're literally branding it CNG=Clean Natural Gas.
Natural gas = Fossil gas
I don't say this to promote fossil fuels whatsoever, but different fossil fuels are better or worse in different ways. Natural gas IIRC is one of the worst fossil fuels for greenhouse gas emissions short-term, especially with leaks and partially combusted fuel, but it dissipates much faster than the alternatives, with much lower CO2 emissions as well (something like 7 year half-life vs a thousand years). It's definitely not clean and comes with its own set of problems, but let's not assume all fossil fuels are created equal.
I am 100% for switching away from all fossil fuels, and I don't like natural gas being advertised as "clean", but I feel this is important to note.
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