-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Wes Leatherock <=-
DD> Unfortunately, "Trolley busses" are limited in where thay
DD> can go, and the cost of maintaing the "overhead" wiring is
DD> generally greater than the savings in fuel costs over
DD> conventional Diesel busses (at least in colder climes(,
The reasons usually cited for using electric vehicles,
whether free running or fed from overhead trolley wires, are
environmental, and the attitude is usually "hang the cost and
the effect on the economy."
I will not venture further into politics here.
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