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Tag Archives: trucks
Transportation: How long can we adapt before we fall off the Net Energy Cliff?
[ I first published this in 2014. After re-reading it when damnthematrix republished it recently, I saw corrections and updates that needed to be made, so here is the improved version. Keep in mind that I am wildly speculating, there … Continue reading
Off Road vehicles and equipment need diesel fueled engines for power, mobility, and efficiency
[ I’ve written many articles on why trucks are not likely to ever run on batteries or overhead catenary wires (and why a 100% renewable electric grid is probably not possible). Nor can trucks run on biofuels, liquefied coal, natural … Continue reading
Posted in Fuel Efficiency, Infrastructure, Transportation, Trucks
Tagged diesel, diesel engine, off-road, trucks
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Matchmaking for trucks so fewer run empty after deliveries
[ These apps have the potential to prevent some trucks from returning empty after their delivery, which wastes finite diesel fuel. See the full article here. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of … Continue reading
U.S. House looks at how to improve the nation’s highway freight network
[ Like all books and articles I read on transportation for my book, this session assumes endless growth and worries about future congestion, which will not be a problem on the other side of peak oil, which is coming soon. … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation, Trucks
Tagged freight, transportation, trucks
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Just 16,000 catenary trucks would use 1% of California’s electricity generation, all vehicles 2.5 times more power than available
We must electrify trucks since fuel from oil, coal, and natural gas is finite, and biomass doesn’t scale up. Without transportation, electricity contraptions like wind turbines, solar facilities, and nuclear power plants can’t be built. A wind turbine, for example, … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible, When Trucks Stop Running
Tagged battery, BEV, catenary, CNG, drayage, electric truck, electricity, transportation, trucks
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Book review of Door to Door and the amazing world of transportation
Edward Humes. 2016. Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation. HarperCollins. A book review by Alice Friedemann at www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation, 2015, Springer] I was in the … Continue reading
Have superheavy trucks ruined your roads?
[ This 302 page document doesn’t discuss the extent to which superheavy trucks have ruined roads or what the costs were. Since the federal level of government has to pay part of the money to fix road damage, to the … Continue reading
Posted in Roads, Trucks
Tagged infrastructure, roads, superheavy, trucks
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What would happen if trucks stopped running?
[ In “Why You Should Love Trucks” I showed that essential supply chains depend on trucks partly or completely in the movement of goods (NAS). Because of little inventory and dependence on just-in-time deliveries, our civilization would almost immediately feel … Continue reading
Posted in Cascading Failure, Dependence on Oil, Electric trucks impossible, Infrastructure, Oil Shocks, Transportation, Transportation, Trucks
Tagged civilization, electric trucks, life without lorries, trucks, trucks stop running
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A Century from Now Concrete Will be Nothing But Rubble
Photo: road abandoned since 1984 in the Florida Keys By Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips and Crackers”. Podcasts: KunstlerCast 253, KunstlerCast278, Peak … Continue reading
Posted in Concrete, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Predictions, Roads
Tagged CO2, collapse, concrete, Concrete Planet, corrosion, Courland, energy, greenhouse gas, infrastructure, roads, transportation, trucks
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