PlayfulParamedic2626

PlayfulParamedic2626 t1_ixpy9eb wrote

Because a pipeline isn’t cost effective to build and maintain. There’s already a road on the route. . .

The truck is fast easy cheap. A pipeline takes years and lots of money to build, install, and maintain.

A truck can carry rock. Be used anywhere anytime. A truck can move materials down several different mountains per day.

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PlayfulParamedic2626 t1_ixm0iq9 wrote

In Electric Truck Hydropower technology, an empty truck moves up the mountain to collect containers filled with water at the charge site, while a truck with a full container goes down the mountain, generating electricity. The water then is unloaded at the discharge site.

https://www.thefabricator.com/stampingjournal/news/electricvehicles/technology-uses-electric-trucks-to-help-generate-hydroelectric-power

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