Wolfie00
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Re: National park in Alaska tests hybrid bus
That's the future for sure -- zero emissions, just liquid water and water vapour. Unfortunately it's still at the experimental and small-scale pilot stage -- there are no mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell buses and probably won't be for some years yet. We may see them though long before we see fuel-cell cars, because the cost of fuel cells may be more easily amortized in fuel-hungry high-mileage buses. The key is to achieve low operating costs and provide public funding to help subsidize initial capital costs. Meanwhile, with old buses falling apart and new ones needed right away, hybrids are a reasonable stop-gap. Maybe when fuel cell buses become practical on a large scale, the TTC can unload the old hybrids on London! 
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