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Thank you, this makes more sense. It highlights the fact that switching everyone to driving EVs is not enough to counter climate change. We need to think about

Thank you, this makes more sense. It highlights the fact that switching everyone to driving EVs is not enough to counter climate change. We need to think about trucks too. In fact, switching all trucks to EVs is likely to have a bigger impact on our emissions targets. Ergo we should focus our energies here first.

bryanlarsen 3y ago
> Ergo we should focus our energies here first. No, we're out of time. We need to focus our energies on everything significant. That's electricity generation, transportation (both personal and commercial), heating and agriculture. Getting electricity to ~90% carbon free, switching heating from fossil fuels to heat pumps and switching personal transport to EV's are unique in that they are win-win -- they are cheaper than fossil fuels in the long run.
Retric 3y ago
Trucks are a poor fit for pure EV’s due to weight limitations and their usage patterns. Regenerative breaking really doesn’t hemp them much which is why gas electric hybrids never caught on. We’re much better off transferring large trucks to either in road charging or trains.