On Trucking

Post by slfnflctd » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #109

slfnflctd wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate that perspective, I know many share it. > you get back a lot of the maintenance hassle and on top of that your fuel is again more expensive The entire value proposition of hybrids is that they both reduce the amount of required maintenance on the ICE part (plus the brakes) and reduce the amount of fuel needed-- while maintaining all the flexibility of ICE vehicles. As a bonus, they require far fewer batt…

> The entire value proposition of hybrids is that they both reduce the amount of required maintenance on the ICE part (plus the brakes) ... Is that a net win? It reduces maintenance on the brakes, it may reduce maintenance on the ICE, and it adds a whole bunch of new stuff to maintain. Does anyone have data on the net effect? Does anyone have data for trucks ?

Post by ShredKazoo » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

cafard wrote: post #112

ShredKazoo wrote: post #73

Has anyone estimated what the impact on the trucking industry would be if the US repealed the Jones Act? Most of America's biggest cities are adjacent to ocean or other waterways, and water transport is cheaper than land transport. So it seems fairly plausible to me that the American trucking industry in its current form is basically just a huge source of excess carbon emissions, created as a result of bad regulation…

I imagine the impact would be minimal in Wyoming.