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Yellow school buses are going green with a $1 billion investment | US EPA funding will allow school districts to purchase electric and low-emission buses (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

On Monday, the [Biden] administration announced nearly $1 billion for school districts to replace diesel buses with cleaner versions, including electric buses. The grants are aimed at protecting kids from harmful air pollution while curbing the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet.

The money comes from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which authorized a total of $5 billion for cleaner school buses. The Environmental Protection Agency will dole out grants that will allow more than 280 school districts serving more than 7 million stu

Ok the EPA is the one distributing it, not funding it.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 8 points 9 months ago

So like $.34 per US citizen, not bad.

339,996,563 (2023 US pop estimate ) / (US$ 1 billion) = ~$0.34

[-] jadero@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago

I think that all government spending should be described in per capita terms. Even better would be per taxpayer. And maybe split between individual taxpayers and businesses that takes into account actual tax paid, not just the technicality of filing.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 9 months ago

This is the kind of thing we unfortunately will never see because then politicians couldn't fear-monger their base into voting against their best interests anymore. It would also make it MUCH harder for the GOP to give billionaires more tax breaks if they had to put the math in the bill to show their work.

[-] jadero@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago

Everything starts with a dream! :)

[-] kevin_alt2@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I agree with your conclusion but I think you have your numerator and denominator swapped.

$1,000,000,000 / 339,996,563 citizens = ~$2.94 / citizen

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, thanks! Was doing it in a rush on mobile, but yeah, basically same conclusion. And it's out of money the government already took from everybody so it's not like everyone has to dig in the couch to find $3, they already gave it to the IRS ages ago.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

Congress funded it, like everything else the federal government does.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The title could be read that it was EPA's decision. But it was Congress's decision.

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