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2023-05-06 -Great Cultural Revolution

Electric school bus transition in Pennsylvania fraught with complications

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-06 03:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 The hidden costs of EVs: Ohio man gets $42,000 repair bill after fender bender in electric truck

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-06 03:01|| 2023-05-06 03:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Over 90% of solar panels are not recycled, head to landfills: report

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-06 03:06|| 2023-05-06 03:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Make a rule that any day the bus runs out of juice before reaching the school, the kiddies on board get to skip school that day.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-06 08:00|| 2023-05-06 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 “On top of that, for electric buses, the other issue we don’t understand yet because we don’t have enough data is the environmental conditions drastically affect the capacity of the batteries,” he added.

...Mother Nature is gonna take care of that for you, trust me.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-05-06 12:03|| 2023-05-06 12:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Keep them on the bus. Let them experience their green future.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-06 12:03|| 2023-05-06 12:03|| Front Page Top

#6 such as propane or natural gas.

But you can't cook with it? Hmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by AlanC 2023-05-06 12:28|| 2023-05-06 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Wait until it's cold out (which happens often during certain months in Pennsylvania) and they have to run the cab heaters (yay...electric!) to keep the kiddies warm.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-05-06 14:48|| 2023-05-06 14:48|| Front Page Top

#8 If it's about energy saving, think how much they could save by closing the gummint skoolz entirely.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-06 15:00|| 2023-05-06 15:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Might be cheaper to rebuild the neighborhood schools they consolidated in the 1970’s and have the kids just walk to school

Posted by Airandee 2023-05-06 15:53|| 2023-05-06 15:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Mullah Richard In the late 50's early 60's we didn't have heaters on the buss. Even in middle Alabama it danged cold on those busses.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-05-06 17:08|| 2023-05-06 17:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Yeah, I stood at the bus stop in those PeeAye winters. Only difference on the bus was you were out of the snow and wind.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-06 17:24|| 2023-05-06 17:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Epstein's Mother's note: "Epstein was late because they was trying to heat the bus and some girl was charging her phone too"

Posted by Frank G 2023-05-06 18:40|| 2023-05-06 18:40|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Not that Epstein. Though, that Epstein would have been interested in the grade-school girl on the bus...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-06 18:43|| 2023-05-06 18:43|| Front Page Top

#14 heh

Posted by Frank G 2023-05-06 18:53|| 2023-05-06 18:53|| Front Page Top

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