Buses around here spend most of their lives doing constant stop-and-go driving. Big rigs do not. Regardless, the gains with diesel work with all these uses.
I don't personally own a fleet of buses, so I'm going to rely on the published reports of those that DO own them. As I said, the fleet average is 4 MPG for propane, and 8 MPG for diesel. Gasoline versions get 5 MPG.
I suspect that gasoline power is probably cheaper then the propane versions overall, but diesel easily beats them both.
Prices versus energy (without the highway taxes)
A gallon of gasoline for $2.65 has 114,000 BTUs of energy.
A gallon of propane for $2.50 has 84,300 BTUs.
A gallon of diesel for $2.75 has 130,000 BTUs.
The better buy is kind of obvious when it comes to how much energy a dollar is buying here.
Factor in that you can buy gasoline and diesel almost anywhere, and you cannot with the propane - the choices seem obvious to me.
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