Electric School Bus???

The next really ......not necessarily smart......thing is here!!

Wisconsin is set to get 65 new electric school buses with federal funds ― reportedly the first ever electric school buses in the state, which has lagged behind others in adopting them...

Good to know that John Norquist's wife (ex-wife??) has a life outside the marriage!!

 ...Other states have found the electric school buses save money on fuel and upkeep, cut down on emissions and improve children's lung development, said Environmental Law & Policy Center senior policy advocate Susan Mudd....

Really!!  Lung development!!!  Because kids attach themselves to the exhaust pipes of gasoline or propane or diesel buses??  We'd love to see a peer-reviewed study on that, Susan.

"Cut down on emissions"..........which emissions?  The coal, oil, or natural gas emissions required to generate the electricity to charge up the buses?  Hmmmmmm?

...The biggest barrier, Mudd said, is the upfront cost of the vehicles: about three times the price of diesel buses....

That cost is THREE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.  EACH.

 ...That's why the federal funding is such a boon....

It's Free Money, see!!

There is a practical question here having to do with the range of the battery-power vs. the mileage burned on a route.  Suburban routes typically consist of 40 miles morning, 40 miles afternoon.  Routes in the boonies are going to be longer.  Winter cold usually reduces electric vehicle range, too.  We're certain that the Districts will be very conservative in placing those buses on routes, but the fact is that they are of limited utility.  

And here's the Usual Claim made without any evidence:

...Electric buses reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change....

That line is Goebbels' dream, and it's repeated, repeated, repeated, ...........but no evidence whatsoever.  (Also note that 'greenhouse gases' were responsible for "warming" only 5 years ago.  Now they get the (false) blame for every damn thing.)

Let's not talk about battery fires, either.