Trucking technology future
The future of the economy, society and indeed the planet rests on us as a species finding more sustainable ways of travelling and moving our stuff about. We like certain things from other parts of our planet, so we construct enormously expensive and carbon-emitting projects which enable us to access them with ease. The haulage industry is one of the most ancient industries, and also one which has reacted most readily to modernity and modernisation. The internal combustion engine revolutionised the way we get about and the way we bring our favourite foods, clothes and consumer products to our homes.
Trucks are an example of this. They move everything everywhere – the chances are, unless you live actually in a railway station, everything you’ve ever owned has at some point been in a lorry or van. While the UK has got a reasonable rail network (no thanks to the infamous Dr Beeching) we are still heavily reliant on road transport for our goods. The United States of America is a hundred times as bad – their rail network is poor, and enormous juggernauts propel their wares from state to state at enormous cost to the owner and to the environment.
Running a lorry is expensive – petrol, taxes, driver training, lorry insurance and of course buying the lorry in the first place – so it is not surprising that lorry owners are reluctant to fork out for technology that may not be directly useful. However, recently lorry owners have modified their vehicles to be more aerodynamic (as can be seen on Asda’s lorries) and some have inherited a trick from the agricultural sector – adding urea (from pig wee) to diesel engines for added efficiency.
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