With the recent vote of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education to buy two electric school buses, the question of if there is enough electrical power here comes to mind.
The district can afford the purchase because it was awarded a $1.3 million grant to cover the purchases and the infrastructure. We’re assuming that includes EV fuel stations and training of the mechanics staff and fire department.
Just down Wabash Street from the bus garage are some big, portable DTE generators running to supplement the electrical power to the city. Already there is less than needed.
The city of Belleville recently approved an agreement that is placing EV fueling stations in the city’s parks. They have yet to be installed, but such stations take energy, as well.
Van Buren Township Treasurer Sharry Budd told of a visit to Canton with a friend not long ago to a business they have been to many times. They found the handicapped access parking spaces have been moved farther away from the door because the new EV stations needed to be close to the building for its electrical power. EV is affecting a lot of things.
We hope the school district’s new buses aren’t the final step to putting the community in the dark. You recall how it’s been this summer. We sure know what it’s like with the lights out.
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This is just another improvement in energy consumption as time goes by….for auto customers……power steering and power brakes were once an option on all vehicles…..as was an automatic transmission……wish I could live a much longer time to see all the advancements in our life….and I do remember black and white TV was the standard….if you could afford a TV….and all roof top antennas……no cable….party line telephones……operator saying “number please” You gave her the number you wanted to call and she plugged it into the key board…..and now we carry a cell phone in our pocket…..what is coming next for us….space travel…..Yep…..but……the type writer key board has not changed……..Whooppee….asdf gh…jkl;…….