I have looked into it with a bit more depth then it seems the school administrators have. Oil change costs aren't even a "drop in the bucket." Also note that more extra time will be spent refueling propane busses then will be spend on the extra oil changes for diesels.
Emmission mandates don't matter either. Either the buses are legal for use when we buy, or they are not. We don't fix them, just keep buying new every 100K miles.
Keep in mind we just spent over Three-million dollars on a deluxe heated bus gargage to eliminate diesel fuel gelling and cold starting issues.
Propane bus - driven 100,000 miles Uses $62,500 in fuel ($50,000 if subsidized) Uses $600 in oil for oil changes.
Diesel bus -driven 100,000 miles Uses $39,000 in fuel. Uses $1200 in oil for oil changes.
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