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The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger

(toddofmischief.blogspot.com)
173 points yasp | 3 comments | 11 Aug 22 13:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.659s | source
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cowpig ◴[11 Aug 22 13:41 UTC] No.32425400[source]▶
Why doesn't the article address the question of why emission standards are looser for larger vehicles? Isn't that the supposed problem?
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1. 2143 ◴[11 Aug 22 14:03 UTC] No.32425736[source]▶
I think it's something like, a plane carrying 400 people over a long distance is more efficient than if those 400 people drove that same distance in 400 cars. Something like that.

(I don't know which one pollutes more).

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2. adamsmith143 ◴[11 Aug 22 14:23 UTC] No.32426089[source]▶
A truck isn't carrying 8 people though. In the US I'd say the majority of the time it's carrying 1.
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3. 2143 ◴[11 Aug 22 14:39 UTC] No.32426406[source]▶
Yeah that's inefficient.

My guess is that the rule supposes that bigger trucks carrying freight is more efficient (than many smaller trucks).