Propane School Bus Promotion in Austin

5/8/2008 1:40 PM
By: News 8 Austin Staff

The Breathe Easy Tour made a pit stop in Austin Thursday to promote the converting of diesel school buses to propane.

A typical grant from the Railroad Commission for replacing a 15-year-old diesel bus is around $12,000 per bus.

There's also a 50 cent federal rebate on propane motor fuel, per gallon.

The head of the Texas Railroad Commission, Michael Williams said not only is propane cheaper, but it's better for the environment.

"We heard from a school district that they're paying almost $2 per gallon cheaper with propane than with diesel and it's also cleaner," he said.

Texas has more than 36,000 school buses and about 1,500 of them are propane-powered

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