Originally Posted by Expatriate
An electric truck? There's a great idea. A couple thousand pounds of lead and chemicals underneath. And it will be charged how? From electricity generated by a nuclear plant? Just wondering, that's all. Let me know if that's going to bring back this cyclist.
Maybe 2 smaller trucks would be a better idea. Twice as many vehicles on the road that way.
Not trying to start an argument here, just pointing out that there's no easy solution here.
You're looking at this from a completely wrong perspective. I don't care if it's generated by nuclear, the problem isn't the energy (For me at least), it's that trucks spew a lot of crap into the air, which my body has to filter out since I'm an air breathing engine. Replace cars in DENSE urban environments with electric and the air can be much cleaner. And rather than SLA, which is pretty old school, they can go with either metal hydride or lithium.
Smaller trucks and greater restrictions won't bring back this cyclist, but don't you think it might prevent future accidents?