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FUELS * USA - DART ponders natural gas or diesel for new fleet
Natural gas or diesel?
City of Garland,TX,USA -WFAA-TV, by GARY REAVES -January 14, 2009: -- DART officials have been trying for a year to decide which fuel will power the next generation of buses... A year ago, diesel looked to be much cheaper but not anymore... DART was scheduled to choose new buses to replace 537 old ones last year. While next generation diesel is supposed to cost less and pollute about the same, many, including the City of Garland, for example, prefer natural gas... SEE VIDEO) Labels: fuel debate
FUEL DEBATE * USA * Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus purchase stalls on
Dallas,TX,USA -The Dallas Morning News, by MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER -December 2, 2008: -- Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens and several DART board members have halted the transit agency's plan to buy a fleet of 537 new diesel-powered buses... Mr. Leppert said buying buses that run on diesel instead of compressed natural gas would send the wrong message about Dallas... It's unclear exactly how much more the natural-gas buses would cost, but it could be tens of millions of dollars. The dispute has derailed staff plans to have a contract for the new buses in place by the end of the year. A decision isn't expected until January or February, and some board members have suggested canceling the current procurement process and starting over... Mr. Pickens said buying diesel-powered buses would perpetuate America's reliance on oil – something he has dedicated himself to ending... (Photo by MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMN - T. Boone Pickens is welcomed to Fort Worth by Dick Ruddell, president of The 'T,' left, as Pickens steps off one of the buses powered by natural gas)Labels: fuel debate
FUEL DEBATE * USA - DART bus fleet purchase stalls on
Dallas,TX,USA -The Dallas Morning News, by MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER -December 2, 2008: -- Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens and several DART board members have halted the transit agency's plan to buy a fleet of 537 new diesel-powered buses... Mr. Leppert – who has no vote on the issue but has been lobbying Dallas Area Rapid Transit board members appointed by the city – said buying buses that run on diesel instead of compressed natural gas would send the wrong message about Dallas...Labels: fuel debate
