Thread: O/T: And The Creek Keeps Ris'n
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On 5/29/2012 7:02 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:48:20 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
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"Just Wondering" wrote:
There is no other realistic alternate energy source for private
motor vehicles.
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Truck and bus fleets work quite well and at lower cost using natural
gas as opposed to #2 diesel.

That's some low hanging fruit to get started.


Lew


Waterloo regional transit had a fleet of natural gas busses, and the
maintenance costs totally killed the project - they went back to
deisel, and now have quite a few hybrid deisels. The extra engine
maintenance on the CNG busses outstripped any possible fuel savings.

I am seriously curious as to why maintenance costs were higher. Do you
know?
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