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He is probably saying there should be more economies of scale for the bus. For example, if a diesel bus can get 6 mpg [1] and a honda civic gets 32 mpg [2] then
by greenleafjacob 10y ago
He is probably saying there should be more economies of scale for the bus. For example, if a diesel bus can get 6 mpg [1] and a honda civic gets 32 mpg [2] then the bus only needs 6 passengers to be more efficient on fuel per passenger-mile.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transportation#Buses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport...
[2] http://www.fuelly.com/car/honda/civic http://www.fuelly.com/car/honda/civic
- brohee 10y agoIf only fuel cost was the major part of the cost of car transport, or bus transport... Or even significant. As it is, it seems to be between 5 and 10% of total cost. For example, taking RATP as example (serving Paris Metro Area), in 2015 energy costs where 191 M€(http://rapportannuel2015.ratp.fr/assets/pdf/fr/rapport-financier-ratp-2015-vf.pdf http://rapportannuel2015.ratp.fr/assets/pdf/fr/rapport-finan... page 126) while personnel cost where 2 587 M€...