Mar
06
Bonham ISD decided last year to add five propane powered school buses to their fleet. They received two of these school buses powered by clean burning Propane on Friday March 1st. McCraw Propane donates the first tank fill at their location on North Center street in Bonham.
Jan
24
Tuesday evening January 22, 2013 Commissioner Porter presented a check to Denton ISD for $123,696 for the purchase of seven propane buses and the upgrade of their 18,000 gallon propane refueling site. The district has also received more than $655,000 in Federal alternative motor-fuel tax credits for use of propane. For 17 years, Denton ISD… Continue reading »
Dec
03
Today’s internal-combustion cars and trucks can run on CNG, LNG or propane with some fairly simple engine modifications. Is T. Boone Pickens the villain here, as Willis, president of the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC), suggests? Do his CNG and LNG business interests blind him to the superiority of propane? “We tried to get… Continue reading »
Nov
27
Fleet operators spend about 90 percent of their operating costs every month on gasoline or diesel fuel, according to the annual study of fleet operating costs from Automotive Fleet magazine. This holds true for virtually every vehicle type that fleets use – compact and intermediate cars, vans, light trucks, and SUVs. The cost of alternative … Continue reading »
Nov
23
Automakers and fans of alternative fuel vehicles have been waiting for years for consumers to start rolling off dealer lots driving green cars. It is slowly starting to happen, with the number of vehicles that don’t run exclusively on standard gasoline nearly doubling from 534,000 on US roads in 2003 to almost 940,000 in… Continue reading »