Trying to cut CO2 emissions
would be at a great cost
to any economy.
But think of the alleged "benefits"
for the great cost:
Hopefully a very small reduction
of the already small and harmless
temperature increases,
that have been mainly at night,
in colder climates, such as
in Alaska, where no one was
complaining about
slightly warmer
winter nights !
But never mind
a high real cost, and
low imaginary benefits,
analysis.
What if the world
is going to end
in 12 years ?
Germany has reduced
CO2 emissions in its
transportation sector
by only 0.6% since 1990,
which rounds to zero.
Battery powered vehicles (BEVs)
are NOT a significant factor
in Germany, or anywhere else.
Sales of BEVs have been about 1%
of total light vehicle sales everywhere
they are available, except in China,
where they were 4.2% of sales in 2018.
Germany has a lot of trucks, and
also has a 40% reduction
in CO2 emissions target,
for the transport sector
by 2030.
That target would require
a shift to a large percentage
of battery powered trucks.
A German experiment
was done with
that goal in mind:
The first step was a six mile
test area on the autobahn
near Frankfurt.
A catenary (overhead wires,
like trolley cars) was installed
for recharging truck batteries
while the trucks are moving
under the catenary,
and connected to it.
( picture follows article )
Siemens reports that trucks can
drive under the catenary at
up to 55 mph, while recharging
their batteries.
Siemens claims a 40 ton electric truck
can save around 35 cents per mile
on the cost of fuel.
-- Of course that excludes the need
for large investment in new tricks
with electric engines and batteries.
-- And that excludes the cost of building
a nationwide catenary system.
The Siemens website,
likely to be biased
in favor of the
catenary system,
admits:
“Considering the high investment costs,
it is unlikely that the concept of the
eHighway will be implemented nationwide
any time soon.”
The six mile catenary near Frankfurt
received a lot of media coverage,
which was pro-electric propaganda,
with no analysis of potential costs.
A high cost nationwide
catenary system
won't be built in Germany.
So how will Germany reduce
CO2 emissions 40% from
the transport sector by 2030 ?
They won't.
How will other countries cut
CO2 emissions in their
transportation sectors ?
That's a good question,
for which i have no answer !
