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That's a boil the oceans solution, though - it's doesn't do anything useful until you've converted a large percentage of all roads, and it's very expensive.
by dflock 7y ago
That's a boil the oceans solution, though - it's doesn't do anything useful until you've converted a large percentage of all roads, and it's very expensive.
- nharada 7y agoI wonder how much it would cost per mile of road to do this. I suspect you could get a huge benefit by electrifying major highways to start, for example: * The 5 on the west coast, connecting Seattle/Portland/Sacramento/SF/LA/San Diego * Route 94 in the midwest, connecting Minneapolis/Madison/Milwaukee/Chicago/Detroit * Route 95 on the east coast, connecting Boston/NY/Philly/Baltimore/DC Meaning that if you drive any of those routes, including a few hundred miles off the highway, you never have to worry about gas or electricity.
- elihu 7y agoIt's an option, though. And one that might be cheaper or more practical than expecting everyone to buy giant lithium-ion batteries in case they want to go on a road trip. You don't really need to convert a "large percentage" of roads, just the major highways that people use for long-distance travel. Of those, you wouldn't need to convert the whole length, either. Maybe you'd electrify one mile out of every ten or something like that. Electrified roads could also be a huge boon to long-haul trucking.