Tuesday, September 14, 2010

hybird-diesel school buses

I read the blog "Kentucky Introducing Hybird School Buses" posted by EcoGeek. http://www.energyempowers.gov/post/School-buses-get-greener-in-Bluegrass-State.aspxState.aspx
The blog explained how this year into next year Kentucky will start the deployment of 213 hybird-diesel school buses.  These buses will go out all across the state and will have their preformance monitored.  A triditional school bus gets about 7.5 miles to the gallon, where the hybird gets about 12.5 miles per galoon, a 65 percent improvement.  They say that hybird technology works best in stop-and-go traffic, which is perfect for school buses.  The project was funded with $13million by Clean Cities Recovery Act funding.

This relates to class because we were talking about problems in the environment such as over population, pollution, deplation of resources, ect..  These buses help cut way back on pollution because they use a lot less gas and therefore cut out fuel emissions.
I think the hybird buses are a great idea and will have a huge impact on the environment.  They might coast a little more, but in the end I think they will be worth the money because they will greatly help the environment.  I hope that if they work out well in Kentucky that schools in other states join in on the idea.
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6 comments:

  1. temvic5September 16, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    Stevie, this is a really cool article. I think that all the schools around the U.S. and the entire would should do the same thing. Then we would really be making a difference.

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  2. mumsam5/6September 16, 2010 at 8:45 AM

    These are the coolest buses I've ever seen. Not only are they very different but they are better for the Environment. I also hope things go well in Kentucky because I would like to travel in these buses.

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  3. stazak5September 16, 2010 at 8:49 AM

    im supprised that no one thought of this sooner. what are they going to do with the old busses?

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  4. Lexi HerrickSeptember 16, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Hopefully something like this will spread more acrossed to other bus systems because it is a great idea. People talk about gas prices for their person cars think about all the bus's that are out there using huge amounts of gas. School districts can make that decision and save a lot of gas. With an idea like this is it good to start small and move forward and hopefully this idea does just that.

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  5. wagste5September 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    yeah hopefully this idea will spread world wide, because its a great help to the environment. zack, im not sure what they will do with the old buses. they will probably just crush them in the junk yard or something stupid like that.

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  6. forcar10September 16, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    I never thought that they would make a hybrid school bus.. It's pretty impressive that they use less gas then the old buses did.

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