Hydrogen buses that were once lauded as the future of clean transportation in B.C.are being replaced by old-fashioned diesel power.
The 20 vehicles were part of a high profile, $90-million plan to showcase hydrogen power during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler.
BC Transit is now taking bids on the buses and will either sell them off or have them converted to use diesel or other fuel.
According to Burnaby's Ballard Power Systems, which manufactures fuel cell engines, Whistler's hydrogen buses cost $1.34 per kilometre to maintain, versus 65 cents per kilometre for diesel-powered buses.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bc-transits-90m-hydrogen-bus-021211072.html
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goddamn loonie left coasters
The 20 vehicles were part of a high profile, $90-million plan to showcase hydrogen power during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler.
BC Transit is now taking bids on the buses and will either sell them off or have them converted to use diesel or other fuel.
According to Burnaby's Ballard Power Systems, which manufactures fuel cell engines, Whistler's hydrogen buses cost $1.34 per kilometre to maintain, versus 65 cents per kilometre for diesel-powered buses.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bc-transits-90m-hydrogen-bus-021211072.html
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/reader-tips-2975.html#comment-939329
goddamn loonie left coasters