By using America’s massive reserves of CNG rather than largely foreign crude we could keep keep American dollars here at home to benefit our economy rather than those of OPEC nations. Crude along with coal are our 2 most polluting fossil fuel resources contributing to dirty air quality that in turn, results in increased healthcare costs and shorter life spans.

Texas and most other states have policies to provide school districts with natural gas from state lands at the state’s cost making CNG about 50 percent as expensive as either gasoline or diesel and much, much less polluting. In the terrible but unlikely event of a school bus collision CNG is a much safer fuel than liquid gasoline or diesel increasing the safety of our students.

The circular nature of the school fleet routes make them ideal users of cheaper, better, safer and American natural gas in getting our school children to and from school. A good policy for the school districts, good for the public school tax payers, good for the entire American economy, good for our atmosphere and good for our students.