Posted on 10/30/2014 6:23:18 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Setting aside the cost effectiveness issue of City buses in general, and the fact that a “government” bureaucracy is in charge, I never saw in the article “how much” in terms of dollars at normal city pkh rates, it will cost to charge these behemoths up.
I say “poo poo” to that idea.
This is pretty close to the story told in “Who Framed Rodger Rabbit”
Right. Except the part about Toons.
According to the figures given for energy savings(which are questionable)it would appear to be about a break-even compared to the diesel bus in 12 yrs. However,there are other costs to be considered. If it is to be a hybrid bus,it is more complex. If it is to be all-electric,then we need to consider what the EPA is doing to the electrical generating capabilities in our country & how that affects cost of operation. Get rid of the EPA,expand our electrical generating capabilities,& solve the cold weather problems & an electric bus might make some sense.
Really? I read a mammoth article in the NEW YORKER around 1978 on the whole thing.
Thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Purported_conspiracies
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