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When fuel becomes this expensive food will become unattainable for most people. Or we somehow miraculously create magic batteries to power commercial transport.
by kybernetyk 4y ago
When fuel becomes this expensive food will become unattainable for most people. Or we somehow miraculously create magic batteries to power commercial transport.
The problem with cities will solve itself: no one is going to live in a concrete desert where simple food is too expensive.
- GaryNumanVevo 4y agoActually it'll most likely be the opposite, larger cities are typically surrounded by arable land with good proximity to rail. Shipping food by rail would become more common, with distribution by semi / box truck to the suburbs or rural area to be very very expensive. California will probably be the best off, in terms of a basically year round growing season and a massive amount of land close to large population centers.
- nradov 4y agoRail is already heavily used for transporting bulk grains, livestock, and canned/packaged/frozen food. But it's simply too slow on most routes for fresh, perishable food. Trucks will continue to be heavily used. In the US at least we have plenty of natural gas and I expect the fleet to gradually migrate to that fuel. Delivery trucks are already shifting to battery electric.
- GaryNumanVevo 4y agoAh yeah LP (natural gas) is a great alternative, IIRC India has a bunch of LNP vehicles already. I'm not sure battery trucks are great for long haul trucking, but they've proved useful for last mile stuff already.