For those rural folks, truckers, and equipment operators out there, even if you yourself cannot justify driving electric or hybrid, or options are not available, you should still consider supporting proliferation of this technology where it works. It will reduce usage of the carbon fuels you still need, reducing demand and costs. And for rural folks, typically you've got a lot of land, which always provides options. a few hundred square feet of solar or a wind turbine in a well located corner of your land (or solar on the roof of your home, barn, shop, whatever) can produce a lot of energy. Rural folks often have more than one vehicle. Surely at least one could be a hybrid or econobox, or simply more efficient than what it replaced. The same solution won't work for everybody, but just about everybody CAN do something.
For those rural folks, truckers, and equipment operators out there, even if you yourself cannot justify driving electric or hybrid, or options are not available, you should still consider supporting proliferation of this technology where it works. It will reduce usage of the carbon fuels you still need, reducing demand and costs. And for rural folks, typically you've got a lot of land, which always provides options. a few hundred square feet of solar or a wind turbine in a well located corner of your land (or solar on the roof of your home, barn, shop, whatever) can produce a lot of energy. Rural folks often have more than one vehicle. Surely at least one could be a hybrid or econobox, or simply more efficient than what it replaced. The same solution won't work for everybody, but just about everybody CAN do something.