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From 598 in March 2022 to 1,285 in June 2023. There were nearly 450,000 school buses in the U.S. in 2023. So < 0.3% of the fleet Always be wary of headlines t
by Baldbvrhunter 3y ago
From 598 in March 2022 to 1,285 in June 2023.
There were nearly 450,000 school buses in the U.S. in 2023. So < 0.3% of the fleet
Always be wary of headlines talking in rate of change without absolutes, and vise versa.
- bushbaba 3y agoexponential growth takes a bit of time to kick in. You can't go from 0->5% overnight
- triceratops 3y agoOnly 7 more doublings to replace the whole fleet.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAnd don’t even have to replace the entire fleet due to structural demographics and the decline in fertility rate; lots less kids going forward. https://www.ey.com/en_us/strategy/declining-enrollment-in-public-k-12-schools https://www.ey.com/en_us/strategy/declining-enrollment-in-pu... https://www.axios.com/2023/01/08/public-school-enrollment-decline https://www.axios.com/2023/01/08/public-school-enrollment-de...
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