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To: Kayaker who wrote (1730)1/30/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: Sleeperz  Respond to of 5827
 
One more "Methanol Buses Return to Los Angeles"

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The LACMTA has decided to end a demonstration using ethanol fuel in 330 transit buses, and will convert the buses back to methanol operation. The buses were originally purchased from the Detroit Diesel Corporation [NYSE:DDC - news] to operate on methanol, and ran on the natural gas-based fuel for several years. By simply changing a computer chip on the buses the LACMTA had switched the buses to ethanol operation in 1995, and is now switching them back again to methanol fuel use.



To: Kayaker who wrote (1730)1/30/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: Kayaker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5827
 
About a year ago, I was talking to a Ballard engineer. He told me they were developing a fuel cell to run laptop computers. At first I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't...

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