But what's with the cute Penguins? 

 

 

"Because we're doing our part to help stop their habitats from melting away.

 

When you go motorcoach, you go green.  That's what this information is all about.  Expensive, future technologies to fight climate change aren't years and billions of dollars away.  They're right here today.

 

Whether running on various blends of ultra-low sulfur or biodiesel fuel, motorcoaches are part of America's energy solution.

 

The best example of environmental stewardship that applies to all motorcoaches on the roads today is their superior passenger fuel efficiency compared to other transportation sectors.

 

Motorcoaches currently provide 184 passenger miles per gallon (MPG), more than double the second most fuel-efficient sector, commuter rail at 86 passenger MPG.  Transit buses achieve 32 passenger MPG, domestic air carriers achieve 42 passenger MPG, and single-passenger automobiles achieve 28 passenger MPG.

 

The motorcoach industry accounts for 631,000,000 passenger trips annually in the United States and Canada.  Each full motorcoach has the potential of removing 55 autos from the highway.  That's millions of cars not driving annually, saving fuel, cutting emissions, reducing congestion, and maybe saving a penguin."

 

Peter J. Pantuso

President and CEO

American Bus Association

 

To review the complete presentation prefaced above go to http://www.buses.org/files/ABAgreenbrochureV5b.pdf