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Volvo’s New River truck plant in Virginia

Discussion in 'Volvo Forum' started by truckaholic001, Dec 3, 2019.

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  1. Dec 4, 2019 #31
    truckaholic001

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    this messgae is suitable for a whole new topic... start a new one, diesel vs electronic or something like that. LoL!!:smilebox: :violent2:
     
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  3. Dec 4, 2019 #32
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  4. Dec 4, 2019 #33
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    When they discovered the automobile in old time, they did not establish the gas stations every corner, it took them time to spread....
     
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    That was when the refineries had to retool to capture gasoline, previously flared off as waste.

    I have a picture somewhere from Baltimore Maryland where a railcar from Oklahoma stood on a bridge above the vehicle being filled with a small hose leading straight down. When it's empty they take that away and dropped a full tank car in place.
     
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  7. Dec 4, 2019 #35
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    Yeah but how many upgrades are going to be needed to the electrical grid? You can't store electricity in an underground tank.....
     
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    x1Heavy

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    Its not the how many its the prospect of a complete replacement. Jobs for everyone.

    Electrifying eh?
     
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  9. Dec 5, 2019 #37
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  10. Dec 5, 2019 #38
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    Truckoholic001:
    Your cute little map above has some major flaws.
    Nuclear power is all but banned in this and all other western countries. No new nuclear plants have been built in 30 years, and the ones presently operating at being shut down when they are at the end of their useful life. NIMBY
    I live within sight of one of the largest wind farms in the US, The Fowler Ridge wind farm in Indiana. 2 counties allowed the development, all of the surrounding counties, including Tippecanoe County, the home of Purdue University have outlawed development of the same technology in those counties. NIMBY
    The attempted wind farm construction off the coast of Massachusetts was nixed when it was discovered that the rich and famous on Martha'a Vineyard and Nantucket might be inconvenienced. NIMBY
    No new dams have been built in this country since the 1950's, and most of them are used for flood control, not for power generation. The Hoover Dam have enormous generators installed that are not used most of the time, take a tour of the facility and you will be enlightened.
    Now tell me again where the power is going to come from?
     
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  11. Dec 5, 2019 #39
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    How the U.S. Sources its Energy
    As a part of the Department of Energy, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is tasked with tracking exactly how the U.S. keeps the lights on. The data here is based on energy sources in 2018, and it's an average across all sectors and energy uses:
    • Petroleum (oil) 36%
    • Natural gas 31%
    • Coal 13%
    • Renewable energy 11% (mainly biomass and wood fuel (45%), hydroelectric (23%), wind (22%), solar (8%), and geothermal (2%))
    • Nuclear power 8%
    You can dive deeper into the data and find major imbalances between how energy is sourced in different settings. For example, while the oil industry fuels 92% of the transportation sector (think gas for cars), it fuels just 8% of residential electricity.

    Here's a full breakdown of where the electricity comes from when the average American turns the lights on in their home or charges their phone in an outlet:
    • Natural gas 43%
    • Retail sales from the electric power sector 42% (the electric power sector accounts for 1% of all petroleum use in the U.S., 35% of natural gas use, 91% of coal use, 56% of renewable energy use, and 100% of nuclear power use)
    • Petroleum (oil) 8%
    • Renewable energy 7%

    These figures average out electricity sources across the entire country. If you want more specific information that directly addresses your community, look at the state and territory breakdown of energy usage. Each state's electric power sector draws energy from a unique combination of sources, and those ratios create significant differences in household electricity sources from one state to the next.


    For example, Indiana's electric power sector generated 79.5% of its electricity from coal in 2017, while renewable energy sources accounted for 5.9% of power sector production. In Oregon, on the other hand, 76.7% of electric power sector energy came from renewable sources in 2017, and 3.2% came from coal.

    (Reference: Do You Know the Sources of Electricity That Charge Your Life?)
     
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  12. Dec 5, 2019 #40
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    And the major renewable sources you mention, wind, hydro, and a non renewable source nuclear are all dead in the water in large areas of the country. No growth potential there without taking by imminent domain or suspending environmental impact studies. That leaves us with your major statistic, the overwhelming source for power generation is fossil fuels. 80% from fossil fuels.
    I am all for a major increase in the use of nuclear power as an example, but clearly the rank and file voter is not.
     
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