• Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I appreciate you disclosing that you’re making a strawman argument at the very beginning. Very considerate.

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        1 year ago

        Is that the most recent picture of a turntable you could find? Because you might’ve noticed that they aren’t around very much anymore, because these days trains can just go in both directions.

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          1 year ago

          It should have been a rail yard, but you can not see through the cargo are cars. Hence you would need two locos on both ends to quickly turn around the train, as long as you can not see backwards.

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        1 year ago

        You’re straw-manning me because my argument was specifically about long haul trucking. Short haul trucks can be electrified. This is why both Kennworth and Peterbult have short haul electric trucks that they sell and you can buy right now. There is currently is no manufacturer currently selling electric trucks with a sleeper cab in the US.

        In the US, most long haul freight is carried by trucks. Freight rail exists but its market share has been dwindling for decades, and none of it is electrified. Electrifying all trucks in the US, as advocated by the article is non-viable. Long haul freight should be handled by rail instead of trucks, because that is a technology that exists and can be built.

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          1 year ago

          When you say:

          Electrifying the trucks will not solve the problem. Batteries don’t have the energy density to work for long haul trucks.

          I understood:

          Electric trucks do not contribute at all to a green transport system, as batteries do not have the energy density for long haul trucking.

          The article is about banning trucks the sale of fossil fuel trucks by 2030, so that is imho extremly easy to missunderstand.