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Most of my career has been in the logistics and agricultural industries and the number of remote job sites that lack even basic access to electricity is still impressively high. To say nothing of the many home owned ag equipment that is kept in relatively (or not) remote areas. Some of this equipment has to be able to sit around for many months, unused without a power outlet in sight. Until localized, on demand high energy density power production gets figured out, hydrocarbons will continue to burn. |
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Freight/trucking/logistics transportation will be a much tougher row to hoe. Local routes, maybe. Long haul OTR trucking, especially expedited freight that may require it's own special trailer with separate power supply that needs to be maintained is another matter entirely. |
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When my father was growing up in the atomic age, he was told that in the future electricity would be so cheap and abundant that houses wouldn't have electric meters and people would simply pay a small, flat monthly service fee regardless of usage. Hopefully people haven't been holding their breath for that since the 50's. |
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The only real alternative in the short to medium term here is hydrogen. Not sure why the prevailing theory is it needs to be a one size fits all solution. We don't even have that now. Gasoline, LP and Diesel have lived side by side with no issues for a really long time.
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That's actually about 200 miles shorter than the longest regular run we used to make but close enough. |
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I don't believe this will ever happen, at least not on our current road infrastructure. We already have a technology that is perfectly fit for autonomous transport (trains) yet there are still minders on them. If it does happen, it will be surprising to see it survive the first accident, whether the fault of the autonomous truck or not.
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