{"id":1768,"date":"2005-11-22T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/11\/22\/palm-springs-introduces-zero-emissions-bus\/"},"modified":"2005-11-22T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T16:04:00","slug":"palm-springs-introduces-zero-emissions-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/palm-springs-introduces-zero-emissions-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Springs Introduces &#8216;Zero-Emissions&#8217; Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From ENN, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enn.com\/biz.html?id=1242\">an article<\/a> on the unveiling of a &#8220;zero-emissions fuel cell bus&#8221; in Palm Springs, CA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The $3.1 million hydrogen-fueled hybrid-electric-fuel-cell bus was presented at the 2005 Fuel Cell Seminar held this week at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The 40-foot bus, which goes into service in December, emits only water vapor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m told you can drink the water from the tailpipe,&#8221; C. Mikel Oglesby, [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunline.org\/home\/index.asp\">Sunline Transit Agency<\/a>&#8216;s] general manager, said at a news conference attended by local officials and seminar participants&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Adorned with the image of a water droplet, the three-door bus seats 30 passengers, hits a top speed of 65 mph and can travel 350 miles before refueling. The chassis&#8217; estimated life span is 12 years or 500,000 miles, the same as gasoline-powered buses, according to SunLine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, at this price, we won&#8217;t be seeing many of these buses on the road. I have to ask the standard question, too: where&#8217;s the hydrogen coming from? I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s from fossil fuels, which means that &#8220;zero emissions&#8221; isn&#8217;t exactly correct.<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/hydrogen\" rel=\"tag\">hydrogen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/fuel+cell\" rel=\"tag\">fuel cell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/bus\" rel=\"tag\">bus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/Palm+Springs\" rel=\"tag\">Palm Springs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/California\" rel=\"tag\">California<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From ENN, an article on the unveiling of a &#8220;zero-emissions fuel cell bus&#8221; in Palm Springs, CA: The $3.1 million hydrogen-fueled hybrid-electric-fuel-cell bus was presented at the 2005 Fuel Cell&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Palm Springs Introduces &#039;Zero-Emissions&#039; 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