Diesel engines play a huge role in our current life (food, goods, trash, you name it) and the current electric offerings are essentially a joke compared to what a diesel engine can do… but here’s hoping that by 2036 things are different.
Could trains replace diesel trucks? Would require building and maintaining a large amount of railroad, but solves the energy supply issue. Though it would probably would not help for delivering goods to smaller cities which cannot justify their own railroad.
California approves rule phasing out big diesel trucks and buses in 2036
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Re: California approves rule phasing out big diesel trucks and buses in 2036
#12Diesel engines play a huge role in our current life (food, goods, trash, you name it) and the current electric offerings are essentially a joke compared to what a diesel engine can do… but here’s hoping that by 2036 things are different.
Natural gas can replace diesel for most trucks and buses. The particulate emissions are much lower. Many buses already run on that fuel. This will require new engines, or in some cases whole new vehicles.
Re: California approves rule phasing out big diesel trucks and buses in 2036
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could trains replace diesel trucks? Would require building and maintaining a large amount of railroad, but solves the energy supply issue. Though it would probably would not help for delivering goods to smaller cities which cannot justify their own railroad.
Lot of last mile stuff done by diesel trucks, so probably not.
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#15Diesel engines play a huge role in our current life (food, goods, trash, you name it) and the current electric offerings are essentially a joke compared to what a diesel engine can do… but here’s hoping that by 2036 things are different.
Could trains replace diesel trucks? Would require building and maintaining a large amount of railroad, but solves the energy supply issue. Though it would probably would not help for delivering goods to smaller cities which cannot justify their own railroad.
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#16On the one hand, a ton of people have giant diesel trucks for no reason other than anatomy comparisons, on the other: diesels are more fuel efficient, and have greater torque than petrol. If you compare to EVs you have to consider the working scenario for a truck that does benefit from diesel: You have a fixed amount of time under load, after which you have significant charging downtime, in the order of hours if its…
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#17> starting in 2036 WAAAAAAY too late. Even if it were "by 2036", that would STILL be too late.
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Natural gas can replace diesel for most trucks and buses. The particulate emissions are much lower. Many buses already run on that fuel. This will require new engines, or in some cases whole new vehicles.
Good point. Natural gas engine would be a great practical step forward, especially since the big diesel engineering shops already develop and manufacture natural gas engines.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could trains replace diesel trucks? Would require building and maintaining a large amount of railroad, but solves the energy supply issue. Though it would probably would not help for delivering goods to smaller cities which cannot justify their own railroad.
Lot of last mile stuff done by diesel trucks, so probably not.
There is also a nationwide growing popularity of 'inland ports' where goods are brought by rail from the coastal ports to a specific transfer point operated by the port authority relatively nearby. This avoids fewer over the road truck miles but an advantage is that the port authority can use dedicated rail shuttle service with high frequency which means very high throughput. The east coast has a few that help goods dodge the highly trafficked I-95 corridor and reduce coastal port congestion.
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Lot of last mile stuff done by diesel trucks, so probably not.
There used to be trains running across just about every mile of the US. Certainly enough to make last mile delivery practical with electric trucks, or even more efficient vehicles like cargo bikes.
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