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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children | Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution. (grist.org)
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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children | Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.::Nearly $1B in federal funding will help decarbonize transportation and clean up some of the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I remember the school buses in one high school I went to running on propane. It's not as clean as electric, but it's cleaner than diesel... and at the time, an electric school bus would have been expensive, if not outright science fiction.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that's what I call "Propane Accessories"!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There were a number of electric busses in the early 1900s. There are plenty of large electric people and material movers. They've been used for a hundred years now for underground mining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean trolley buses with overhead power lines? Doesn't work so well for school routes that change.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, battery powered.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So the range would have been laughable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Were they able to keep up with modern traffic and go out to the suburbs and back?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A bunch converted during the 70s oil embargo. I'm surprised it didn't stick around