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So the infrastructure bill hasnt passed? I thought it was good to go?

I hope if it passes they make an allowance for the arts.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanders-real-danger-infrastructure-reconciliation-bills

Wow they might start using electric buses. Cool? It sounds good to me if they are proven safe. Does electricity depend on nuclear power? I mean, obvious there's solar but where else does electricity come from? (A little off topic but oh well, was just thinking about the electric busses.)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/infrastructure-bill-could-jump-start-electric-school-bus-business-11631278800

Anyone want to chit-chat?

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questionWeaver

We sold China the best and cleanest bus technology ... then outlawed it in the US

Buses which run on a engine the size of a lawnmower ... using fluid reservoirs to recapture energy lost in deceleration.

Which could run a week without refueling.

stratosranger · M

I remember seeing news clips about that bus technology but never knew what happened with it. Wow. That sucks. And doesn’t surprise me @questionWeaver

questionWeaver

@stratosranger Pelosi locked it up in 2006? For 100 years ... and forced the company with the technology to sell it to China

So sad

stratosranger · M

Whoa. WTF? @questionWeaver

questionWeaver

@stratosranger It was the simplest concept ... it recaptured 85% of all energy during deceleration ... meaning it could operate with an engine 19X smaller and still out accelerate a current bus.

The French outlawed it too ... Renault produced a 180 MPG car ... and the EURO-zone outlawed its manufacture.

The lesson is "do not not go against liberal socialist thinking"

stratosranger · M

@questionWeaver Wow. That’s sad as hell