http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/ Green Real Estate and Lifestyle Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4073 Marc Geller Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:18:32 +0000 http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4073 20% biodiesel is better than nothing, but the green part of the fleet we should be celebrating is the electric busses we are blessed to have on so many routes. Those overhead wires allow electric busses to zip up hills the diesels struggle over, & they run throughout the city with zero emissions. Those electric busses are cleaner than a Prius! Even the electricity used is mostly zero emission hydro! If the outer sunset residents weren't so shortsighted, the 71 could have long ago been converted to electric just as the 6 and 7 are. Why those resident would prefer idling diesel to some overhead wires is beyond me. 20% biodiesel is better than nothing, but the green part of the fleet we should be celebrating is the electric busses we are blessed to have on so many routes. Those overhead wires allow electric busses to zip up hills the diesels struggle over, & they run throughout the city with zero emissions. Those electric busses are cleaner than a Prius! Even the electricity used is mostly zero emission hydro! If the outer sunset residents weren’t so shortsighted, the 71 could have long ago been converted to electric just as the 6 and 7 are. Why those resident would prefer idling diesel to some overhead wires is beyond me.

]]> http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4069 Keith Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:40:29 +0000 http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4069 Good to have you here in the City. Yes, having MUNI switch to alt fuels does take away some of the sting of waiting for MUNI. Several of us ride our bikes and that's even more efficient and less of a carbon footprint than MUNI. Thanks for reading the blog. Good to have you here in the City. Yes, having MUNI switch to alt fuels does take away some of the sting of waiting for MUNI. Several of us ride our bikes and that’s even more efficient and less of a carbon footprint than MUNI. Thanks for reading the blog.

]]> http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4059 San Fran Kango Beach Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:46:54 +0000 http://www.greenorati.com/2007/12/05/largest-green-fleet-in-the-country/#comment-4059 I'll confess to being one of those who curses MUNI buses constantly for their lack of punctuality, but this takes away some of the sting. Having just moved here recently, this is the sort of thing that makes me proud to call San Francisco my home. I’ll confess to being one of those who curses MUNI buses constantly for their lack of punctuality, but this takes away some of the sting. Having just moved here recently, this is the sort of thing that makes me proud to call San Francisco my home.

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