Research puts dollar figure on climate savings from electric school buses | A substantial portion of the half-million school buses in the United States are “highly polluting old diesel vehicles,” the researchers write.

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1. The paper is [here](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2320338121)

2. Even gas-powered lawn mowers are insanely polluting in USA , I would imagine the benefits of electric transition of school buses will be worth it

   http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm#:~:text=Fact%3A%20One%20gas%20mower%20spews,spilled%20by%20the%20Exxon%20Valdez.

3. Converting to electric buses makes so much sense. Daily routes aren’t too long, and can always keep one or two diesel buses on hand for the out of state football championships or whatever. The buses already park in one place every night, and school districts can install chargers there. I’m sure a surprising amount of their emissions come from initial startup/warmup, so eliminating that alone means big gains