Posted on 10/28/2022 11:35:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
As the U.S. government rolls out an array of climate measures included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), electric school buses have emerged as one of the low-hanging fruits. They can immediately improve health for children and communities, while expediting the broader transition to electric vehicles — a crucial step in preventing the worst impacts of climate change. That’s why it is great news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced nearly $1 billion in rebate awards to 389 school districts. A full 95 percent of the buses funded will be electric school buses. Now, every state is part of the electric school bus revolution, alongside Washington, D.C., territories and tribal nations.
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Back in the era before Nashville, Tennessee merged with Davidson County and became Metropolitan Nashville, the city schools had no busses. Now that was a lot greener than today’s idiotic zones and fleets of busses no matter how the busses are powered.
Students got to school by walking or riding a bike, (neighborhood schools), taking a city bus, or being taken to school in a car but it was very often a “hookup” (carpool) of parents rotating driving responsibilities for two, three, or four families. Back then there were low crime rates, many stay-at-home mothers, a less-spoiled generation of children. In that era too, there were lots of frequent city bus routes. Yes, it is a bygone era but any way you slice it, it was much better for the environment than today’s expensive plans.
throwing away taxpayer money on programs that don’t work to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.
But it will never end as long as Deep State politicians can get their skim and kickbacks.
“Back in the era before Nashville, Tennessee merged with Davidson County and became Metropolitan Nashville, the city schools had no busses.”
I remember those days. That was before all the Yankees and Californians and Illegals moved in.
Deadly, for kids. You can't evacuate a burning bus fast enough to save all the kids. Especially if the bus is moving along a road. When I was in elementary school, I got bussed for one year, on the freeway between schools. Too dangerous to pull over on a freeway and attempt to evacuate kids on a crowded freeway with railings on both sides.
Here is a spec sheet from one EV school bus manufacturer to give and idea of various configurations and ranges. I suspect the ranges are for ideal conditions.
https://thelionelectric.com/documents/en/BrochureLionCang.pdf
That’s no way to operate a sauna.
One dead, 14 burned
Five EV busses go blazing in China. For no good reason. Fortunately, no school children were on board
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Electric bus catches fire in York city centre--- BBC news
The best thing these clowns can do for the planet is small one room schools popping up where they are needed.
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