Washington’s agriculture is a $12.8 billion business with 33,000 farms — and it runs on gasoline, diesel, and natural gas. The hundreds of big rigs hauling crops and food products are not electric.
Even though new trucks have reduced CO2 and other pollutants, some politicians are hastily charging ahead to replace fossil-fueled trucks with unproven technology.
According to 2021 Environmental Protection Agency data, transportation was responsible for 30 percent of greenhouse gases of which 80 percent comes from cars and trucks. A quarter of the CO2 emitted in the transportation sector comes from...
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