EV Trucks? No Thanks
By Mark Fernwood, a member of the Contra Costa Republican Central Committee and a Danville resident.
Electric Vehicles’s (EV) are specialized cars. They are not practical for trips that are beyond the roundtrip distance on a single charge as it takes about four hours for a recharge. A semi-truck, by contrast, is largely for long distance and all-day use. Depending on the truck model, a recharge can take over six hours. Transport time is critical for commerce. Some products, like some foods, are very time sensitive due to spoilage. With significant “dead time” for recharge, cost of the driver’s time becomes even more significant. Along frequently used trucking routs, large scale recharge stations would have to be built to accommodate long lines of trucks waiting their turn.
The weight of the battery in an EV car is about one thousand pounds, a truck battery is far greater. This reduces the cargo capacity by volume and by weight. “Weight scale” stations are frequently placed along freeways to check weight. This prevents damage to roads and bridges. Significant fines are imposed on overweight vehicles.
EV’s are being pushed, as we are told they are ‘green.’ Most assume, that as they are electric, they emit no CO2. According to the Institute for Energy Research, 67.4% of electricity generation in the US is from fossil fuels. Hydro and nuclear supplies most all the balance. Solar is only about 1% despite all subsidies. The reality is that the ‘green’ EV or truck is, largely, a remotely, coal and other fossil fuel powered vehicle.
With coal providing 39% of our electricity and solar at 1%, imagine what our economy would look like without coal. Consider, there is loss of energy in powerline transmission, there is also the extra energy consumed in hauling heavy batteries. EV’s, along with all, ‘renewable’ energy, exist only by subsidies and government mandates as it makes no economic or scientific sense.
The push for EV’s and Hybrids is built on a dogged belief in CO2 causing catastrophic Global Warming. Scientific measurement shows the minor ‘warming’ has stopped in 1998! (Google: “global warming pause”) This totally disproves the computer model predictions which “show” us to be in an era of ever escalating warming.
“Climate Change” is the rebranding of global warming to deflect attention from the lack of warming. This rebranding allows any bad weather to be called “Climate Change” as proof of their claims. The theory of “Climate Change” is based on significant human caused warming. No “Warming” = no “Climate Change.”
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