Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida
by George83728 on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:37PM
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Trucks also produce the lions' share of the noise pollution. Don't laugh, noise pollution is very serious; it causes cognitive damage to people who live near busy roads which in turn has innumerable deleterious social effects.
Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida
by bombcar on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:47PM
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There’s a number of climate fights that I think would be better argued with noise pollution reduction instead of carbon reduction, and vehicles especially trucks is one of them.
Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida
by chrisco255 on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:42PM
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> Given that diesel is often considered "more polluting"
Modern diesel engines are less polluting than unleaded cars, thanks to diesel particle filters:
"gasoline cars emitted on average 10 times more carbonaceous PM at 22°C and 62 times more at -7°C compared to diesel cars"
> In the most recent year for which data are available, combination trucks made up only 1% of the vehicle population but were responsible for 6% of all vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and 17% of vehicle fuel use.
Given that diesel is often considered "more polluting" you can probably make it work out given a bunch of assumptions that may or may not apply. Trucks are the primary cause of road wear, for example.