On 05/29/2012 11:15 PM, 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

According to the anti drilling folks, ten years is too long to be of any
use. Of course, they forget that the entire 800 mile Alaska pipeline
and fields were developed and in production in three years.

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