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* Frequent stops could also improve [[labor]] conditions. Truckers currently have to drive for 16 hours at a time sometimes - the prolonged sitting is bad for long-term health. However, truck stops would have to be designed to be more enjoyable if truckers are going to have to wait there more often. | * Frequent stops could also improve [[labor]] conditions. Truckers currently have to drive for 16 hours at a time sometimes - the prolonged sitting is bad for long-term health. However, truck stops would have to be designed to be more enjoyable if truckers are going to have to wait there more often. | ||
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Semi trucks run on diesel fuel, which is [[oil refining|(in some sense)]] a by-product of gasoline production. If cars are made electric but semi trucks are not, there won't be much diesel available for the trucks; diesel would become the main product, gasoline would become a byproduct; gas prices would drop while diesel prices would soar; there would be growing stockpiles of gasoline in industrial storage facilities; if some industry finds some way to make use of this cheap gasoline, then we failed to reduce CO2 emissions; or if all that gasoline isn't used, then where will it all be stored? | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Electric vehicles]] | * [[Electric vehicles]] | ||