Pumps' Perplexities

In honor of Earth Day this post is appropriate...There is some
concern with the burning of fossil fuel and the related
consumption of gasoline by a SUVs...There are some
people and organizations which believe these vehicles should
not be manufactured..."This in turn would be for the benefit
of greater mankind"...

Did you know that a school bus only gets 5 miles to one
gallon of gasoline?....Have you counted the number of
school buses in your community?....Have you attempted
to obtain the daily mileage for each of these buses while
they are in service 9 months out of the year?....

Since no parent wants their children to walk to school, (and
get some exercise), where is the automotive development
of the "hybrid" schoolbus?....It appears to me that there
would be plenty of room for some battery storage (power)
on the bus....Pumps