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Dear USA, Welcome to 1948 where busses run on electricity generated by falling water (the cheapest in North America) rather than coal... the busses even charge

by fleitz 12y ago

Dear USA, Welcome to 1948 where busses run on electricity generated by falling water (the cheapest in North America) rather than coal... the busses even charge while they drive... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Vancouver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Vancouver Your technology is soooo amazing.

Shivetya 12y ago
Replace school buses. They put down a ridiculous number of miles per year and the pollution isn't much good for the riders either. While not all routes could be covered with electric buses I suspect many could
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  Whatever routes you can't cover with electricity, you cover with natural gas or biodiesel.
dtparr 12y ago
I'm not sure what's up with the "Dear USA" bit. The US has a long history of trolleybus systems [1], including 5 still in operation (vs. just Vancouver for Canada)[2]. Are you trying to say that the tech to move to a system that doesn't require the overhead wires and other infrastructure spread along the route isn't impressive or am I missing your point? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_t... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_C...