California bans diesel trucks and trains

archives said:
Ah, most copy and paste the relevant link for easy access, not leave it buried in the content

And appears you can't read, 7% on the road now
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Whiner. Apparently you can't figure out how to click a link.

Currently, less than 1% of the cars on the road are EVs. There are currently NO semi-truck EVs on the road today.
 
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Into the Night said:
They've ALREADY HAD more than a decade and they still haven't 'figured it out'.
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And more of the same, California's market is the biggest market in the US, it's economy fourth largest in the world, and you are telling us that with over a decade to go business are going to turn their backs on it because they don't want to adapt to the new requirements
 
anonymoose said:
FoulWoman couldn’t figure that out too. Don’t be like FoulWoman.
It’s not that difficult.
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Why does anyone have to figure it out? I real the content of a post and upon conclusion move down to the access the source, no one needs another job reviewing posts, especially when 99% or posts follow this pattern
 
Into the Night said:
It would be impossible.

Wind turbines require several very large specially built semi-trucks. These blades must be hauled to off road locations (at best they get a dirt road, which they might have to MAKE).
The tower comes in sections and also requires specially built semi-trucks to haul those parts. The rest of it arrives on a couple of normal semis.

Assembly requires the use of a helicopter (that gas guzzling aircraft!!) to lift and mount everything in placed. It's also dangerous work, since the workers on the tower have little room to dodge if there is a rigging problem and must bolt the heavy members together as they are lifted into place. If gasoline is outlawed, no helicopter. If the trucking industry is unable to get parts and supplies to the airport where the helicopter is, no helicopter.

Further, it takes MORE semi-trucks to haul in and place the power poles used to get the electricity from these things out to the nearest point on the interconnect, AND to string the wire along those poles.

California just outlawed everything that it takes to get these wind turbines into place.

Electric trucks just can't do it. They don't have the payload capacity or the ability to handle the rough terrain in remote areas with a load.

The bigger the vehicle, and the more payload you must carry, the worse EVs become.
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Well, in that sense, you're definitely correct. A power company won't be able to send their 4 x 4 + field trucks out to install power lines or even maintain them, as these vehicles have to sit, engine running, often for hours at a time while the crew works from a bucket lift, uses an earth augur, or other equipment powered by hydraulics and electrics off the ICE engine. A battery truck would see it's battery drained by all this PTO equipment with no way to recharge. A diesel vehicle can easily carry 50 to 100 gallons of fuel, enough for 12 to 20 hours of straight run time.

What would California replace a truck like this with?

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It has a light boom for lifting heavy parts and such. It likely has a gasoline powered motor-generator welding set on it. There's clearly an air compressor and the vehicle would have air brakes. It also mounts a number of powerful work lights so it can be used at night. It obviously also has two fuel tanks for extended range and operating time.

So, how would a battery powered vehicle replace that? All that equipment has to run off the battery now.
 
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