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Why do we need trucks, in this case? All the rubber contaminating the environment when what you describe is the Electric Train that existed for 60+ years.
by Helmut10001 4y ago
Why do we need trucks, in this case? All the rubber contaminating the environment when what you describe is the Electric Train that existed for 60+ years.
- throw0101c 4y ago> All the rubber contaminating the environment when what you describe is the Electric Train that existed for 60+ years. A freight train won't be able to deliver something to my house. Nor would it likely be able to transport livestock or grains from a farm to a processing plant. There are medium- and short-distance trips where a truck makes more sense, and they may have to drive on a highway in that case. And as someone who lives in Canada, where there are large distances between major metro areas, electrifying all those rail kilometres may not be practical, so even trains may have to stay on fossil fuels in certain situations.
- Helmut10001 4y ago> Nor would it likely be able to transport livestock or grains from a farm to a processing plant. In Europe in the 1920s, every bigger plant had direct train access, it is possible and would make a lot more sense than stuffing precious lithium in millions of trucks that will still pollute the environment. For edge cases (delivery of the last mile), there are a lot of smaller solutions available than 20t+ trucks.