Brickbat: Electrifying

Electric school buses that were supposed to cut one Maryland county school system's transit costs in half actually cost the system millions of dollars. A report by the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General found the buses were often delivered late and frequently had mechanical issues that "rendered them inoperable for extended periods." As a result, the school system had to spend more than $14.7 million to buy 90 diesel buses to cover routes. The delays and repair issues entitled the school system to more than $372,000 in penalties from the contractor, but no administrator ever pursued it.

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[AT]

Anything related to government when it cites “climate change” or "environmentalism" is a slush fund. EV is just the most trendy version of it right now. A decade ago it was solar. Before that it was recycling.

Everyone knows it, nobody reports it.

It was never intended to work. It was never even a problem that needed solving. It was just to slush the funds, and play off the idiocy of the citizenry.

[Vernon Depner]

That's OK—they can always increase taxes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The delays and repair issues entitled the school system to more than $372,000 in penalties from the contractor, but no administrator ever pursued it.

Check those connections.

[Longtobefree]

And no administrator was fired, demoted, or even sent a strongly worded email - - - -

[DaveH]

Now why is that story not a surprise?

[Chipper Chunked Chile Con Congress (ex NCW)]

Sounds like the joys Albuquerque had with the buses it originally tried to buy for the special bus route that they spent several years of construction ruining Central Avenue for. Delivered late, were the wrong size to match the special elevated bus stops, and couldn't make it all the way from one end of town to the other and back on a single charge. Almost like it was a giant scam!

[mad.casual]

Who doesn’t love a yellow school bus, right? Can you raise your hand if you love a yellow school bus? Many of us went to school on the yellow school bus, right? It’s part of our experience growing up. It’s part of a nostalgia, a memory of the excitement and joy of going to school to be with your favorite teacher, to be with your best friends and to learn. The school bus takes us there.

Today, 95% 95.001% of school buses are fueled with diesel fuel, which contributes to very serious conditions that are about health and about actually getting kids to school to develop the ability to learn."

I know few articles here or in the mass media would point to this but, just in case anybody's unclear about why [checks notes] Montgomery County School System up and decided to set fire to a pile of money in an attempt to electrify their bus fleet.

End ESG iniatives. End the Department of Education. That is all.

[TJJ2000]

Anyone who has a grade-school level apprehension of physics knows the ‘electrical’ crusade is viably a complete joke. Electricity is *NOT* a ‘source’ of power it’s a transport means of power (think grid). And one thing that should be completely obvious is transporting power across miles is a net-negative of the power source itself.

If you cannot economically produce 200KW (bus engine equiv) with solar or wind on-site you can’t economically waste-it during travel and be any better off.

200KW = (4000) 100W (1/2-real output) solar panels costing $0.5M just for the panels, $0.7M with inverters, covering 3-acres of land worth $200K so ~ $1M initial investment for one single bus to run solar without any repairs at all.

Now; Compare $1M to $3.90/fuel at 15mpg. The equivalent JUST ‘initial investment’ cost would pay for 3,846,153 miles of diesel fuel.

That is how STUPID green (war against plant sustenance) is.
And this is why in the *real* world it won't succeed without 'Guns' taking Liberty and Justice to FORCE it to move.

[Rubbish!]

No worries. They're working on a monorail next.

[Dillinger]

>>delays and repair issues entitled the school system to more than $372,000 in penalties from the contractor, but no administrator ever pursued it.

no administrator put his gains on paper for accountants ...

[Uncle Jay]

You deserve what you get if you're stupid enough to purchase any EV regardless of what it may be.