The Clinton administration has maintained that the U.S. can comply with the treaty at little cost using new technologies. This claim is based on a study completed last year by the five national laboratories. The transit district paid for fuel and maintenance. The buses, however, were too expensive to operate. If we can't get it, that bus sits.
Ethanol also costs about twice as much as diesel fuel.
Frederico Pena, Secretary of the Department of Energy has said that ethanol will play an important role in greenhouse gas reduction. The Japanese government has announced the breakdown of how it will of lower greenhouse gases by 6 percent below 1990 levels by 2010. This site is designed and maintained by Rich Zipperer .