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There’s a critical difference; convincing your local government to switch to electric buses is rather more difficult than choosing how to spend your own money.
by ip26 5y ago
There’s a critical difference; convincing your local government to switch to electric buses is rather more difficult than choosing how to spend your own money.
- bobthepanda 5y agoIf you're a local US government, you probably have trouble keeping the lights on, let alone justifying CapEx on more buses. King County in Seattle recently costed a transition to all-electric: the conclusion was that it would cost 41% more than sticking with the current hybrids, and would be equivalent to reducing service by 237,000 hours annually. https://seattletransitblog.com/2020/11/02/metros-fleet-all-electric/ https://seattletransitblog.com/2020/11/02/metros-fleet-all-e...
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y agoHave they included emissions and healthcare considerations in those cost estimates?
- renewiltord 5y agoWell, one would imagine that the externalities are mitigated by the fact that they are spread. AGW isn’t even bad for that region: abundant water, solid local government, improved arable land.
- bobthepanda 5y agoEh, if AGW leads to more events like the triple digit heat waves in a region that has less than half of all buildings AC-capable due to the mild climate, it's pretty awful. A lot of local water also comes from snowpack built over winter, which has been decreasing.
- bobthepanda 5y agoWhich causes less emissions, the amount of solo drivers you’d switch with all the lost service hours or the marginal electrification of hybrid buses that have regenerative braking, stop and go and don’t go above 30mph?
- jetsetgo 5y ago