Light posting from 30 June through 11 July
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
Due to editorial holiday, there will be light posting from Thursday, 30 June, through Friday 8 July. Regular posting will resume on Monday, 11 July.
Just 16,000 Catenary Trucks Would Use All of California’s Electricity with only 2400 to 8300 Miles of Overhead Wires
By Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com
It makes sense to electrify trucks since fuel from oil, coal, and natural gas is finite and biomass doesn’t scale up. Trucks make electricity possible.
So where are the battery electric trucks?
By Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com
Heavy-duty trucks are the main engines of civilization....If trucks stopped running, businesses would shut down within a week.
Unpave Low Traffic Roads to Save Energy and Money
By Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com
The U.S. has 4.1 million miles of roads (1.9 million paved, 2.2 million gravel). About 3 million miles of roads have less than 2,000 vehicles a day, less than 15% of all traffic. The paved portion of these low-volume roads ought to be evaluated for their potential to be unpaved.