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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by bumby on Saturday December 26, 2020 @01:11PM (#25545179)
>36 hours non stop driving by a shift of truckers. But that would be negligible in the grand scheme of things.

Can you elaborate on why you’d consider trucking to be a negligible edge case? What I could find online shows it’s over 40% of commercial miles and over 60% of transport for delivered goods.

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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by adwn on Saturday December 26, 2020 @01:48PM (#25545433)
You left out this important qualifier in your quote: "[...] some fresh produce delivery route that requires 36 hours [...]". yholio was talking about a particular niche case, not about trucking in general.
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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by bumby on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:00PM (#25545993)
Ahh, ok, I read it as two separate cases (produce delivery and long haul trucking). Thank you for clarifying
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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by ogre_codes on Saturday December 26, 2020 @02:42PM (#25545867)
Trucking is 40% of commercial miles. Most trucks are parked for hours/ day so the driver can sleep. It'll be interesting seeing how this changes as autonomous driving becomes more common.
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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by bumby on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:02PM (#25546013)
Some trucking companies are using a “local” model where a driver will drive 4 hours one way, drop off the trailer to another driver for the next leg, and pick up a trailer to drive back home to be more efficient
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