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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children | Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution. (grist.org)

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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children | Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.::Nearly $1B in federal funding will help decarbonize transportation and clean up some of the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you know that regular buses also come in electrical variants?

Even more shockingly: So do trams and metros.

[–] set_secret 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

obviously electric buses would be the solution which is shockingly the point of the argument. How dense are you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Less dense than thinking that public transport can't use electric vehicles, claiming that public transport wouldn't fix diesel issues.

[–] set_secret 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

who said that? Can you even read?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You:

Why not just make normal public transit? Like school busses aren’t a thing here so I took the regular bus to school like everyone else, it’s a lot more versatile too since people can take it to more places.

that doesn’t fix the toxic diesel pollution does it?

OP there wanted to know why school buses instead of ordinary public transport buses, separate from any diesel vs. electric issue.

You then went ahead and said "nuh-uh if we don't have dedicated school buses we can't fix diesel fumes".

That's why you got downvoted, that's why my snarky retort got upvoted. You may not have meant it like that but that's how what you wrote reads to other people.

[–] set_secret 1 points 10 months ago

I never suggested we don't or do have dedicated school buses. My point is crystal clear: all diesel buses, school or otherwise, are toxic to humans. School buses are a bigger problem, directly exposing kids to these harmful particulates. It's astonishing how my simple point about electrifying public transport and or school buses, which I've repeated ad nauseam, gets twisted. People's preconceived notions or maybe their reading comprehension problems are skewing the real issue here. It's not rocket science, yet here we are, going in circles.