All this push for electric cars yet our food supply depends on diesel power. Do the anti fossil fuel fanatics understand that banning diesel fuel could mean empty grocery shelves and starvation? Converting tractors, combines and large trucks that plant harvest and haul grain to electric power has not even been attempted. Where in the middle of a farm field do you recharge your batteries? The electric pickups now being rolled out would be totally impractical for the typical tasks pickups need to perform on farms and ranches.
—”Do the anti fossil fuel fanatics understand that banning diesel fuel could mean empty grocery shelves “
You don’t have to be a weatherman...
Bigger and heavier, the electric is more tractable.
Not many steam trains left?
John Deere: ‘We believe in electric tractors. 100%’
https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2020/3/John-Deere-We-believe-in-electric-tractors-100-552869E/
Cat D7E Electric Drive Dozer
Expected to move 25% more material per gallon of fuel, improve productivity 10% and reduce lifetime operating costs 10% compared to D7R Series II
https://www.forconstructionpros.com/equipment/earthmoving/product/10090645/caterpillar-cat-d7e-electric-drive-tractor
And much longer transmission life!
—” totally impractical for the typical tasks pickups need to perform on farms and ranches.”
Only a mini ranch here... and my pickup almost never left the two-county area, maybe a hundred miles to pick up something; usually as a favor.