Is there a caveat? These reports have a habit of being too good to be true.
What was that one about the city that successfully ran 100% renewables? It was only for 24 hours, and couldn’t practically be sustained.
I’m keen for the replacement of fossil fuels, but as much as people suggest it’s lobbying that prevents it, I think there are just some technology gaps that need solving.
Technology gap? Like what, how to load a battery in a trailer?
Batteries are still less energy dense and portable than fossil fuels. I think this is easily navigated for private use - provide a wide charging infrastructure - but heavy industry is the harder problem to solve, but to match how fossil fuels are used and to change the opinions and expectations of those in charge.
A lot of remote sites rely on diesel or petrol generators, and I don’t think there’s an equivalent device to provide clean energy in both capacity and portability. I believe the only way to change industrial clean energy adoption is to make clean energy cheaper. Politicians won’t tax fossil fuels (because it’s political suicide in most economies), so we need more emerging technologies before we can get close to actual industry adoption.
I’ve been hearing your excuses to delay for decades.
It’s more a call to action. Don’t be so defensive.
The repeated calls over the last 50 years show we haven’t been defensive enough.
But there is hope! One day, someone might succeed in loading a battery in a trailer! Who knows!
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I agree this article is more marketing fluff with few details, but the application is obviously meant for more short-range work. Think running containers from the shipping ports or railways to warehouse distribution centers. This obviously doesn’t cover long-haul, but supporting short-haul will eventually build much of the necessary infrastructure required to support long-haul as well.
I’ve found the “electric trucker” youtube channel informative about the current reality of electric heavy trucking. He operates in continental Europe, but he and his logistics company has found that charging fits during the legally mandated breaks that diesel drivers, too, have to take. Of course, something like long haul on the Australian outback is going to take longer to electrify.
