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Study Proves Propane Buses Lower

Harmful NOx Emissions

With back to school time happen-
ing across the country, it was exciting to
read the recent headline, “West Virginia
University Study Finds Propane School Buses
Dramatically Decrease Harmful Emissions.”
A study by university researchers
concluded emissions measured from pro-
pane school buses are significantly lower than those from diesel buses. Finding
ways to significantly reduce harmful emissions has been driving alt fuel engine
Todd Mouw technology manufactu ers for over a decade.
The study concentrated on nitrogen oxides (NOx) — highly damaging emissions that
are federally regulated due to their negative impact on human health and the environment. Accord-
ing to the West Virginia University study commissioned by the Propane Education & Research Council,
NOx emissions are:
• 34 times higher in a diesel school bus than in a propane bus, over a stop-and-go route.
• 15 to 19 times higher in the diesel school bus over a hot- and cold-start city route.
Bottom line: Propane autogas school buses
reduce NOx by at least 95 percent.
Introducing As PERC’s Tucker Perkins says, this study is
Bergquist Select Ship “monumental from an emissions and health per-
spective for students, schools, and communities
across the country.”
Because exposure to NOx exhaust can
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try leader of alternative fuel vehicle technology. Mouw
has more than two decades of experience in the au-
tomotive and high-tech industries. As former president
of the NTEA Green Truck Association, Mouw helped set
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