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Originally Posted by sendler
ie mining, transportation, construction, agriculture.
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Mining: Electrics have been in use underground for decades to keep underground gasses from igniting. Battery powered electrics are just coming into their own.
From Medatec:
https://medatech.ca/case-study/batte...-mining-truck/
"Why Electric
Battery Electric Equipment allows a mine to unlock a trifecta of benefits: improved health and safety, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and decreased operating costs. Removing emissions from even a few metres, never mind kilometres, below the ground requires massive ventilation infrastructure—shafts, equipment, and enormous amounts of electricity to run the machinery.
“Moving away from diesel and by achieving other reductions associated with the use of clean technologies, (a typical mine) can avoid more than 7,500 tons of CO2 and eliminate 3 million litres of diesel fuel, 1 million litres of propane and 35,000 megawatt hours of electricity every year.”"
Transportation: Well, train engines have been hybrids since the beginning of diesel engines. The diesel powers generators for the electricity and the electric motors move the engine. Can they install enough batteries to take the place of the diesel engine? Don't know. But I bet if they can figure out a way to do it, say maybe add a battery pack car, that they will because a ninety percent battery pack efficiency is better than a thirty percent efficient diesel engine.
Flying might be a more difficult challenge but many there are many groups around the world working on it right now.
Construction and Agriculture: Guess it depends on the type and location. In the past I've used both ICE powered and battery powered lifts in construction. Never did any farming although I grew up in the land of corn and beans.
The point is, I'm not suggesting that every piece of fossil fueled machinery will be eliminated but that a huge amount of them can be and likely will. There are always exceptions to every rule and that's fine. But if something that is logical and somehow makes the world a better place can be done, then it should be done.
JJ