Snow go for NYC’s electric garbage trucks that can’t handle winter weather

[Rigby5]

So, the wingnuts in this thread are all saying that Elon Musk is a fucking idiot for making electric vehicles?

No, Musk is making a profits.
The idiots are the ones buying the Teslas.

 

[Rigby5]

Maybe not. The future is always difficult to tell what will and what won't be around. Maybe if we get fusion power, electric cars will be it.

Wrong.
If we had fusion and free electrical power, only an idiot would use heavy lithium batteries for transportation.
Obviously if we had free electrical power, then we should use it to make hydrogen and power ICE engines with that hydrogen, like they do in Iceland, with their abundant geothermal electricity.

 

[Rigby5]

Oh. So Elon Musk is fucking idiot for making electric semi trucks?

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Another reminder that you're just not smart.

The back trailer of the Tesla semi is half batteries.
The Tesla semi will carry half the cargo of an ICE semi.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The back trailer of the Tesla semi is half batteries.
The Tesla semi will carry half the cargo of an ICE semi.

He doesn't quite understand the concept of the more weight you have, the shorter the life of the battery. It's like the difference between leaving your cell phone on standby which can last for a week vs using your cell phone to play video games or go on the internet where the battery is dead in three hours or less.

 

[Synthaholic]

DOn't see anything about 8000 years.

Yes, but you're an uninformed moron.

 

[Calypso Jones]

Can you provid

Yes, but you're an uninformed moron.

all you have, all the time, is insult...cause you got nothing else.

 

[Synthaholic]

He doesn't quite understand the concept of the more weight you have, the shorter the life of the battery. It's like the difference between leaving your cell phone on standby which can last for a week vs using your cell phone to play video games or go on the internet where the battery is dead in three hours or less.

Elon doesn't understand this? Or the top engineers he hires doesn't understand this? They're the ones who have spent the millions on studying it, determining if there is a market for it, then deciding yes and producing it.

But Ray, from Cleveland, knows better?

This is called 'Trump Brain'.

 

[Synthaholic]

all you have, all the time, is insult...cause you got nothing else.

I say it because everyone who is not an uninformed moron knows that these Bible nutters all claim the earth is only 8,000 years old.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Elon doesn't understand this? Or the top engineers he hires doesn't understand this? They're the ones who have spent the millions on studying it, determining if there is a market for it, then deciding yes and producing it.

But Ray, from Cleveland, knows better?

This is called 'Trump Brain'.

I've been in the business over three decades. Drivers only make money when they have a load, and the heavier the load, the more money they make.

The range of this vehicle is only 300 miles and that's empty on a flat surface. No driver wants to sit for hours recharging their truck every couple of hours when they could fuel up with diesel in ten minutes and be back out making money. A standard duel tank tractor can last a couple of days depending on the weight and terrain of the roads they are traveling.

Musk has the bucks to waste on stuff like this just to say he actually did it, but it's not going to sell to over the road drivers. He may make money to local operations, but not OTR. Nobody will buy it.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Wrong.
If we had fusion and free electrical power, only an idiot would use heavy lithium batteries for transportation.
Obviously if we had free electrical power, then we should use it to make hydrogen and power ICE engines with that hydrogen, like they do in Iceland, with their abundant geothermal electricity.

Well, who knows what the future holds? They might find some way of getting electricity into cars without the need for batteries, like electric trains, having electric pathways etc

 

[Calypso Jones]

I say it because everyone who is not an uninformed moron knows that these Bible nutters all claim the earth is only 8,000 years old.

I think you got that wrong buddy.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Boy I’m glad no other type of vehicle has problems in winter.


I wonder if we should abandon Diesel since it just doesn’t work in the cold?

It was three degrees recently. One of the tractors at work has 315,000 miles on it, we do not use engine heaters. It cranked over and fired like it was summer. Modern diesels will happily fire in sub-zero temperatures.

 

[SavannahMann]

It was three degrees recently. One of the tractors at work has 315,000 miles on it, we do not use engine heaters. It cranked over and fired like it was summer. Modern diesels will happily fire in sub-zero temperatures.

Are you sure?



I guess he didn’t have a modern engine. Or something. Not sure what that would do to the fuel. But whatever.

Airplane fuel freezes. And yes. It can freeze in flight.

777 Crash Landing 'Caused By Fuel Freeze'

The crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow may have been caused by abnormally cold conditions over Russia, air investigators said yesterday.

www.aviationpros.com

 

[miketx]

Again, Democrats demand they be judged on their INTENTIONS, NOT on their RESULTS.

The vermin forget that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Are you sure?



I guess he didn’t have a modern engine. Or something. Not sure what that would do to the fuel. But whatever.

Airplane fuel freezes. And yes. It can freeze in flight.

777 Crash Landing 'Caused By Fuel Freeze'

The crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow may have been caused by abnormally cold conditions over Russia, air investigators said yesterday.

www.aviationpros.com

Uhh...it cranked and fired right up. Bad fuel is his own fault.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Are you sure?



I guess he didn’t have a modern engine. Or something. Not sure what that would do to the fuel. But whatever.

Airplane fuel freezes. And yes. It can freeze in flight.

777 Crash Landing 'Caused By Fuel Freeze'

The crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow may have been caused by abnormally cold conditions over Russia, air investigators said yesterday.

www.aviationpros.com

That's why you use anti-gel in the mix. You can buy cheaper fuel but it won't have that additive in it. Our company found out the hard way when the boss instructed us to go to a certain station because fuel was much cheaper. He never did that again. Afterwards we went back to the dealership where we leased our trucks from because the boss knew damn well they wouldn't buy untreated fuel, and he still had us use anti-gel when it got below 0 degrees.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Are you sure?



I guess he didn’t have a modern engine. Or something. Not sure what that would do to the fuel. But whatever.

Airplane fuel freezes. And yes. It can freeze in flight.

777 Crash Landing 'Caused By Fuel Freeze'

The crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow may have been caused by abnormally cold conditions over Russia, air investigators said yesterday.

www.aviationpros.com

It fired right up. WTF are you talking about?

 

[OKTexas]

Our intention is not to let you denier fuckups burn up the planet.

As the body count goes up in Buffalo, when are you commies going to realize humans can adapt to heat much easier than cold. Thousands more would have died in that blizzard if there weren't fissile fuels to keep them warm. Plus longer growing seasons allow us to produce more food for a growing world population. So take your propaganda and shove it.

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[SavannahMann]

It fired right up. WTF are you talking about?

Did you watch the whole video? It cut off. Fired up. And cut off. The fuel gelled. Diesel does that.

 

[francoHFW]

Again, Democrats demand they be judged on their INTENTIONS, NOT on their RESULTS.

So far, they have seven trucks and they are fixing the problem. Sorry about your luck. But you go with your fear mongering garbage.

Electric garbage trucks are the quiet, clean titans of waste collection

Giant battery-powered garbage trucks are like the Teslas of waste collection: quiet, peppy, and with zero tailpipe emissions.

www.popsci.com