Andy Millar:
And in the bigger picture is not actually very relevant - what matters is that CO2 etc emission reduction is reduced. However, of course this is a tough sell to people who feel their jobs are threatened, hence the focus on "new jobs". Personally I'd rather everyone was more honest about why these initiatives are the right thing to do, but unfortunately that just results in the cry of "we can't have a nanny state telling us what to do"!
Actually, as I think I posted elsewhere, moving toward net carbon zero must result in a huge number of engineering job opportunities at all levels as it is a very tough engineering challenge to crack. In fact probably one of the biggest problems is persuading anyone to seriously invest in the R&D engineering effort required. If that investment was there a huge number of engineers could be kept very gainfully employed.
Cheers,
Andy
Right!
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/01/energy-industry-encouraged-to-fill-400k-jobs-to-reach-net-zero-goal/
Simon Barker:
I guess that's what happens when you buy cheap Chinese buses. 150km range is miserable, and they probably wore the batteries out running them flat over and over again.
They need to spend more money, buy something that doesn't keep breaking down, and with big enough batteries to last a day. For comparison, Tesla's semi truck is designed to have a range of 480 to 800km when towing a full trailer.
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