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With tens of thousands of propane-powered commercial trucks in North America, chances are your fleet drivers pass a few on the road. What isn’t obvious is how those propane trucks produce much less harmful emissions than their traditionally fuels counterparts. And new propane engine technology take those numbers even lower.

In this month’s NGT News Fuel Fact Check, Todd Mouw was asked if propane autogas can help fleets avoid the uncertainty of diesel pricing. Mouw unequivocally explains that this is true. He notes that the volatility of oil prices doesn’t impact propane as it does diesel because propane is a domestic fuel.

The Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) in Alabama added 10 propane-powered school buses to its fleet for the 2019-20 school year. The school system says 30 more propane-powered school buses are being built with the goal of having 172 autogas buses in its fleet by the end of the school year. Each new propane-powered bus, MCPSS says, will displace about 40,000 gallons of diesel and eliminate 150,000 pounds of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) in Alabama has put 10 new propane autogas buses into service for the 2019-20 school year, with 30 more on the way. According to Blossman Gas Inc., which services propane autogas buses at more than a dozen school districts in the Southeast, MCPSS will have 172 propane autogas school buses in its fleet by the end of the school year.

Sixteen propane-fuelled school buses ordered by the Province of New Brunswick will be ready to move students on the first day of school, saving the province money, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating a better ride for students and drivers. This is a first for Atlantic Canada.

School buses. You’ve heard them, you’ve smelled them, too, but it’s less likely that you’ve questioned how safe they are for your children. For years, schools have relied on diesel powered school buses that belch exhaust and ship kids to and from school. We’re starting to see a shift away from the antiquated diesel-powered buses.