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aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/technology-research/clean-fuels-program/clean-fuels-program-advisory-group---september-1-2016/zero_emission_hd_truck_bchoe.pdf
ttnews.com/articles/catenary-system-poised-one-year-test-near-california-ports
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You can't compare the population and land mass of the US to any European country. There is too much of a logistics difference to show any similarity.Comment
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Man, every single discussion on this board seems to spin way off the original topic. I guess I shouldn't reply once it gets this far from the original topic, but here's one last tidbit.
presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20160810/southern-california-air-can-be-deadly-study-says-ports-remain-biggest-fixed-sources-of-pollution
If hybrid trucks can use overhead wires to recharge on the go, and thereby reduce emissions and the number of days per month with unhealthy air in LA, that's significant in and of itself.
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Man, every single discussion on this board seems to spin way off the original topic. I guess I shouldn't reply once it gets this far from the original topic, but here's one last tidbit.
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles emit a lot of smog, and some days it sits in the local air basin, building up to levels well above the legal limit; see e.g.
presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20160810/southern-california-air-can-be-deadly-study-says-ports-remain-biggest-fixed-sources-of-pollution
If hybrid trucks can use overhead wires to recharge on the go, and thereby reduce emissions and the number of days per month with unhealthy air in LA, that's significant in and of itself.Comment
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Man, every single discussion on this board seems to spin way off the original topic. I guess I shouldn't reply once it gets this far from the original topic, but here's one last tidbit.
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles emit a lot of smog, and some days it sits in the local air basin, building up to levels well above the legal limit; see e.g.
presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20160810/southern-california-air-can-be-deadly-study-says-ports-remain-biggest-fixed-sources-of-pollution
If hybrid trucks can use overhead wires to recharge on the go, and thereby reduce emissions and the number of days per month with unhealthy air in LA, that's significant in and of itself.
Trucks are only part of the sources the same article states ships themselves, cranes etc are diesel powered and produce a lot of exhaust.
The article mentions 85% reduction in pollutants due to ports environmental efforts. Now it would be scientific to ask a question if those efforts actually affected death rates and by how much but that would be too common sense.Comment
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Another study, "Assessing air quality and health benefits of the Clean Truck Program in the Alameda corridor, CA" (see scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=16499385662035711114 ), looks into the question you raised.Comment
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The study referred to by the article is ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27509145
Another study, "Assessing air quality and health benefits of the Clean Truck Program in the Alameda corridor, CA" (see scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=16499385662035711114 ), looks into the question you raised.Comment
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Do you have any idea of the millions of tons of goods that are shipped by trucks each day? Those demo systems are toys compared to what will be needed here for the entire US.
You can't compare the population and land mass of the US to any European country. There is too much of a logistics difference to show any similarity.
Basically, I'd suggest such a move would involve dedicating 2 or more lanes to driverless trucks powered by grid electricity via dedicated lines/rails for intercity and on board battery storage for local deliveries.
Look, this whole thread is more of Dan's usual kind of "you could just do this and voila', problem solved" simplistic nonsense/crap that folks like Dan are masters at dreaming up, and remind me of the (usually) drunken B.S. session stuff we'd dream up as students. The wiser of us (and not necessarily me) knew the devil is in the details. This kind of stuff belongs on the cover of Popular Science from the '70's, or some junk science forum.Comment
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Are you saying they measured emissions wrong?Comment
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If emissions of the four pollutants in question decreased by 96%, and we're talking about the health costs from those four pollutants emitted by those trucks, then yes, it seems reasonable. They got rid of a lot of really old trucks, and the new ones are quite clean.
Are you saying they measured emissions wrong?Comment
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I've separated people from employment for that type of disruptive and wastefully useless behavior in the workplace.
Feels good huh to be an agent of chaos huh ?
Your behavior around here is mostly like a pimple on the "nose" of progress. Besides, it's also inconsiderate and rude.Comment
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