2026-02-21 20:03 UTC
@btschumy@mas.to @benlockwood@ecoevo.social I don't know exactly how large machinery you're talking about but there are electric excavators. And really large machinery anyway uses electric motors with diesel generators, which can be replaced with batteries.
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@btschumy@mas.to 2026-02-21 21:23
@xWood4000@spacey.space @benlockwood@ecoevo.social Diesel is a very high density energy source. I don’t think it’s feasible to simply replace diesel with a battery. The battery would have to be very large with a high amperage and would weigh quite a bit. I’m sure it can be made to work with enough engineering but to change out all the existing infrastructure would take quite some time.