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Offline rangerrebew

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German City Chooses Diesel Buses Over Electric, Cites High Costs Even After Subsidies
« on: October 29, 2024, 08:21:19 am »
German City Chooses Diesel Buses Over Electric, Cites High Costs Even After Subsidies
by Pierre Gosselin  Oct 28, 2024 

The hype about green energies being the future is quickly becoming a thing of the past as all the utopian promises made are not coming true as they clash against reality. [emphasis, links added]

The Green movement is turning out to be nothing but a silly LSD fantasy.


The city of Dortmund, Germany, is finding out that electric buses are significantly more expensive than diesel buses, even with government subsidies, reports Blackout News here.

Ordering More Diesel Buses

 https://climatechangedispatch.com/german-city-chooses-diesel-buses-over-electric-cites-high-costs-even-after-subsidies/
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Re: German City Chooses Diesel Buses Over Electric, Cites High Costs Even After Subsidies
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2024, 05:51:21 pm »
There's a middle ground here.

Get diesel buses, but power them with liquified petroleum gas.

If I understand correctly, only minor modifications have to be done to a diesel engine to enable it to run on LPG.

Most of the school buses here use LPG.

One thing I've noticed is that the engines have something of a "less metallic sound" (i.e., less "rattling") than they would if using diesel. I'm wondering if this results in less maintenance expenses, as well...?
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Re: German City Chooses Diesel Buses Over Electric, Cites High Costs Even After Subsidies
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2024, 06:05:12 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on October 29, 2024, 05:51:21 pm
There's a middle ground here.

Get diesel buses, but power them with liquified petroleum gas.

If I understand correctly, only minor modifications have to be done to a diesel engine to enable it to run on LPG.

Most of the school buses here use LPG.

One thing I've noticed is that the engines have something of a "less metallic sound" (i.e., less "rattling") than they would if using diesel. I'm wondering if this results in less maintenance expenses, as well...?

Your information is incorrect @Fishrrman Gasoline powered yes. Diesel powered no way.
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Re: German City Chooses Diesel Buses Over Electric, Cites High Costs Even After Subsidies
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2024, 07:34:36 pm »
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