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quote Originally posted by rinselberg: .... this could make sense..... ....or something like that. It's very possible that.... ...a test bed.... They could have.... They are supposed to be able to......

You keep babbling on and on about electric trucks in GERMANY.

You are a perfect example, a poster child, of why we DO NOT want Leftist Utopian Children like you managing United States national budgets for infrastructure.

Instead of repairing, maintaining and building new roads, bridges, dams, power plants and other actual infrastructure you Irresponsible Leftist Children will invariably squander the money on fairy dust, unicorn farts and magic beans.

YOUR STATE is a sad living testament to that fact.

The horrible condition of infrastructure and the perpetual budget crisis of every Demorat run state is sad living testament to that fact.

You lunatic children even believe that a bartender from the Bronx, New York and an autistic Swedish teenager are somehow "climate experts".



Leftists have a serious birth defect: They grew a wishbone instead of a brain.

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In terms of stabilizing the Earth's atmosphere and climate, every reduction in carbon dioxide, methane or any other greenhouse gas that is accomplished in Germany, or any other foreign nation, is just as beneficial for the U.S. as if the reduction were accomplished in or by the U.S. itself.

That's why I am "rooting" for the Siemens eHighway concept of overhead electrification of roadways for trucking to take hold in Germany and other nations--with the proviso that continued testing and systematic analysis of the eHighway concept keeps having it looking as the best or among the best of all the available options.

I have a very summary, but also comprehensive 4-minute YouTube video that I can post--just under 4 minutes, a narrated 3-D animation of the eHighway concept--if anyone rejoins this conversation and says "eHighway."

As is my custom, I close with a somewhat randomly selected image that automatically scrolls my browser window after I use the Submit Reply function, and clears my video display monitor of any of the immediately preceding nonsense from the forum's number one malefactor.

There is much in this world that it's best not to see.

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quote Originally posted by 2.5: Being born to leftist parents, or no parents at all, most likely was the defect.

CLICK FOR FULL SIZE

"When you do the Continental"

quote According to a study by the Federal Ministry of Transport, the electrification of German road haulage on a core network of 4,000 kilometers could reduce CO2 emissions by 10 to 12 million tons annually when electricity is obtained from regenerative sources.

"New Partnership: Continental and Siemens Mobility to Supply Trucks Across Europe with Electricity from Overhead Lines"
Continental, press release; July 29, 2021.
https://www.continental.com...es-siemens-ehighway/

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quote Originally posted by cliffw: I drive around, a lot, and I do not see a need for any "new" road or bridge spending. Perhaps bridges as I do not know their ages nor inspection records. I do know that we are already replacing one major bridge, and others have been replaced or improved with existing funding. That I know of, all repairs and new construction is paid at the local or State level. I do believe we should pay for ourselves, our needs. I am charitable and am willing to help others with their needs, if they strive to try to pay for themselves. That some entities use the fuel tax revenue and vehicle licensing funds for other "want" projects not related to infrastructure, RUCK you.

Where the Money Comes From
Most federal and state road funding across the nation comes from taxes on motor fuels as well as general sales taxes and other levies.

Federal taxes go to the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which supports highway and mass transit programs and projects, formula-based state grants and other programs identified by Congress.

Funding for Texas’ State Highway Fund (SHF) — almost $21 billion for the state’s 2016-2017 biennium — comes from several sources, the largest by far being the federal government, which supplies just under half of Texas highway revenue (Exhibit 2). The state’s motor fuels taxes and auto registration fees account for the bulk of state revenue



https://comptroller.texas.g...may/road-finance.php

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"Every trucker who raises a pantograph raises my pantograph."
~ John Kerry, U.S. Climate Envoy for National Security


"Overhead electrification of trucking routes embraces a 'Back to the Future' philosophy."

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