As reported at a recent meeting this month, RTMSD school buses drive a total of about 1,000,000 miles in a typical year. Forget how many times that is around the world - it’s a lot! I recently took a look at the school district's newly proposed effort to convert most of their bus fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). There are quite a few companies making this transition in the commercial space, Aqua being one; but I was interested to see if it passes the smell test, so to speak. For the record, I still find electric cars impractical and gimmicky, but CNG may pay dividends much sooner than later. A couple of which are the environmental impact, along with a projected lower costs due to the abundant supply we have of NG in Pennsylvania.
I couldn’t mention CNG without addressing the safety issues, which were also covered in the presentation. Sure enough, CNG is just as safe as gasoline/diesel buses and maybe even a little better in this category. Check out the presentation and see what it’s all about.
Lastly, kudos to RTMSD Superintendent, Jim Wigo and the school board for taking initiatives like these to improve our award wining schools!
ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL WHAT THE COST SAVINGS ARE COMPARED TO THE BUSES AND FUEL WE NOW HAVE WITH THE COST OF WHAT IT WILL BE WITH THENATURAL GAS PRICES RISING?
ReplyDeleteQUESTION ABOUT COST SAVINGS. WILL YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE IN MIDDLETOWN A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH COST SAVINGS WILL BE COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO HAVE NOW? HOW ABOUT TWENTY YEARS TO PAY FOR ITSELF? ALSO, NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE RISING. IS IT POSSIBLE IT WILL BE TOO MUCH?
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