FinanceDude
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I have a retired trucking firm owner that gave me some BIG insight into where we could lower our energy use as a country:
SEMI TRUCKS.................
He told me in 1970, the average semi got about 4 mpg as an average. Then aerodynamics and technology got involved, and now they get about 7-7.5mpg. There are about 3 MILLION semis on the roads today (18 wheelers).
If there was a way to increase gas mileage 50% in semis, US oil consumption would drop 10-15% just from that...........
I asked about hybrid technology, and he said so far the heavy motor guys can't figure out how to do that pulling 30 tons at 65 mph, and even harder is getting the whole thing from a stop to 65, which takes enormous power.
There has to be an answer!! He told me his average driver gors about 400 miles a day, and he has 30 trucks running out there. I did the math:
400 miles /7mpg X30 trucks = 1714 GALLONs of diesel fuel a day!!!!
And that doesn't count bulldozers, dump trucks, garbage trucks, etc.............
SEMI TRUCKS.................
He told me in 1970, the average semi got about 4 mpg as an average. Then aerodynamics and technology got involved, and now they get about 7-7.5mpg. There are about 3 MILLION semis on the roads today (18 wheelers).
If there was a way to increase gas mileage 50% in semis, US oil consumption would drop 10-15% just from that...........
I asked about hybrid technology, and he said so far the heavy motor guys can't figure out how to do that pulling 30 tons at 65 mph, and even harder is getting the whole thing from a stop to 65, which takes enormous power.
There has to be an answer!! He told me his average driver gors about 400 miles a day, and he has 30 trucks running out there. I did the math:
400 miles /7mpg X30 trucks = 1714 GALLONs of diesel fuel a day!!!!
And that doesn't count bulldozers, dump trucks, garbage trucks, etc.............