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A lot of your arguements seem to hinge on "if". "If a tractor-trailor converts to electric" and "if infrastructure is built to support it" and "if we fund infra
by bumby 3y ago
A lot of your arguements seem to hinge on "if". "If a tractor-trailor converts to electric" and "if infrastructure is built to support it" and "if we fund infrastructure from something other than fuel taxes" and "if truckers recharge off-peak" and "if chargers have a stationary battery" and...
The more conditionals that get levied the farther off the solution seems to be and the less of a slam dunk electrification appears. They're solvable, but I think it's reasonable to expect a cost and timeline for each of those before we start touting electrification as a great solution just on the horizon.
The original claim was: out of planes, trains, and automobiles, the only one that's a problem are planes.
Short answer: It's solvable, but a heck of a lot more complicated than that statement lets on.