Comments on: High Tech Garbage Truck Cuts Diesel Fuel and Emissions by 50%

By: Bob Schildgen

Bob Schildgen — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:25:00 +0000

It would be helpful if you’d tell us how much fuel garbage trucks burn in the first place. The 50% reduction by itself doesn’t tell us very much. If, for example, the truck is only getting 2 miles per gallon in the first place, touting this gee-whiz technology distracts from the simple fact that we’re generating way too much garbage in the first place! (Around 245 million tons a year.)

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By: Bob Wallace

Bob Wallace — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:41:31 +0000

Electricity should be a great fuel for garbage trucks. Lots of torque to get those big loads moving.

Once we start installing rapid recharge stations for buses garbage trucks could take advantage of the stations. Like buses their routes are fixed so they need not carry a lot of batteries for long range driving as long as they can stop for a few minutes to top up.