On Tue, 29 May 2012 23:15:21 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


wrote:

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.
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Obviously can't comment on the Waterloo situation; however, Los
Angeles is quite happy with their natural gas bus fleet.

The changeover took over 10 years to accomplish.

Lew



And LA does not need to contend with wildly extreme climate
conditions. Up here they were a disaster.