> Why are they using garbage trucks to plow snow? Fewer vehicles to acquire, maintain, store, etc. That seems self evident. Further, the scheme works fine.

> Why are they using garbage trucks to plow snow? Fewer vehicles to acquire, maintain, store, etc. That seems self evident. Further, the scheme works fine. The issue isn't whether plowing snow and collecting garbage with the same vehicle is a workable idea. The issue is that there isn't an electric replacement available yet.