Nearly 50 per cent of Canadians say they can’t afford meat
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Oh the highway thing. Yes. The faster traffic moves the better, if done safely. Speed doesn’t kill. It’s hitting other things that are going way slower or stationary that does. If speed killed, Germany’s autobahn would be a daily bloodbath.
The faster people can go, the faster they get off the roads and the faster someone else can get on and off. Slow traffic destroys productivity. The difference between cruise control a modern car at highway speeds (say 70mph) and fuel efficiency is hardly better than a car from 1994.
2020 Ford Taurus ecoboost 2.7/3.5) weighing about 4400lbs is about 16/24MPG. Ancient 1994 caddy fleetwood at 4400, Big primitive pushrod 5.7 350V8 18/26Mpg. Dodge caravan 2020 3.6 80-90mph for a few hours gets about 9litres/100km. At about 70mp it’s more or less same.
In any case, the US, Canadian and UK administrations have publicly stated they plan to outlaw sales of all new cars and light trucks by 2030, so you won’t have to worry about that. Better save up for a bicycle.
I see we're leaving day-to-day practicality behind
Nope.
Leaving practicality behind how.
I was 5 years off the new car/truck ban. Point still stands. Good luck getting around in high level Alberta at -45c if you need to buy a new car.
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/canada-to-ban-sale-of-new-fuel-powered-cars-and-light-trucks-from-2035.
I feel you aren't reading carefully. The scenario was high speeds everywhere and you answer about highways. Then you say
and as proof you link to an article about future electric vehicle sales.
I think you don't want climate change to be disruptive, but that's part of the definition of a crisis.
I didn’t say high speeds everywhere. I said where safe to do so. The road from Merritt BC is rated at 120 and it easily supports 130-140 in good straight dry conditions.
Future electric vehicle sales. Exactly. If all the western govs get their way, you won’t be able to buy or lease a new car by 2030-2035. Electric cars aren’t real cars. They are smartphones on wheels. Real cars have engines. A new Electric vehicles/trucks are no use if I’m on a construction site north of high level at -45 with no charging stations around, it’s gets 250km, tops, and I can’t idle it to charge the entire crews tools or keep the cab warm.
The fleet of f350 6.7 litre diesels do.
Until someone invents Star Trek like warp power for our trucks, electric ones aren’t an option. Especially with the 6,7,8k replacement. We can buy new V8s replacement engines for a fraction of that. If they ban all new light trucks by 2030- that’s fine. We just buy f350s. Ban those? We buy F450s. Then f550s. All the ‘carbon tax’ did was raise the costs for our customers.