Throughout the US, millions of freight trucks are buzzing goods across state lines, producing massive amounts of greenhouse emissions — some of them are only half full. Working to make this 400-billion-dollar-a-year supply chain process as efficient and sustainable as possible freight expert Oren Zaslansky digs into the logistics of filling these trucks to their maximum capacity through algorithmic car-pooling (think: ride-sharing your freight) — bringing with it the potential of a more transparent and eco-friendly global supply chain.
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goodbye
October 18, 2022 at 2:48 pm
Amazing!
Go Ham
October 18, 2022 at 2:53 pm
Harness wild animal migrations and strap packages to them. Badabing badaboom free transportation.
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October 18, 2022 at 3:04 pm
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Santa Mike
October 18, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Smart
Mr Paul
October 18, 2022 at 3:06 pm
I think a lot of this makes sense and will be a change for the better. However it is not factually correct to claim that a Truck with a Half Load burns the same amount of fuel as a Truck with a Full Load. Unfortunately prefacing your argument with this falsehood devalued the rest of the message which was spot on.
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October 18, 2022 at 6:28 pm
Rip that being the response to this comment
MistahStephens
October 18, 2022 at 6:32 pm
I was thinking the same thing, but depending on the length and speed of the drive, one big load would be cheaper and result in less emissions than multiple smaller ones, right? Like in general
Carson Hunt
October 18, 2022 at 8:29 pm
Yea this was pure bs.
He also then claims it’s an opportunity for the driver, LOL!
Extras driving and extra stops for you … so helpful.
Really it’s great for companies that will profit off fuller trucks, that’s about it.
Zach
October 19, 2022 at 12:00 am
Just looked up what your talking about. It’s called freight ton or freight rate.
(Tons carried*miles traveled) ÷ fuel consumed= Freight rate.
The efficiency is easy to find and is the industry standard for determining the cost of travel as opposed to MPG. Weird oversight.
Is that what weigh stations are for?
Johnson repp
October 18, 2022 at 3:07 pm
Something has to change. My crates went from $1800 to $2500 to send to the USA. 2 crates, $5000 via air freight and 2 crates $2100 by sea freight and then truck to my warehouse. Why is air freight so much?
Gabrielle Gilbert
October 18, 2022 at 4:55 pm
Gas prices on the rise? Planes taking advantage of inflation_ gouging? 🐞
Lenard Segnitz
October 18, 2022 at 3:09 pm
Dream bigger… okay
1 – intensive recycling. Nothing goes into the landfill. Glass and metal are the easiest: melt it and recast it. Plastics: chemical recycling or incineration. Wood & paper: break it down and compost.
2 – decentralized production. Aim to never transport anything more than 100 kilometres. No, you don’t get to transport parts half-way around the world and assemble on-site. Vertically integrate the whole manufacturing process within 100 kilometres of the consumer.
3 – build to last and build for repairability. Costs more up-front but saves in the longterm.
4 – tax to steer toward sustainable circular economy. Subsidies have been used to prop up poor practices, so now tax and subsidize to encourage good practices.
The best way to optimize a step is to eliminate the step.
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October 18, 2022 at 5:06 pm
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Jess Mason
October 18, 2022 at 3:11 pm
Move the water through canals from coast to coast and use the canals to move freight. Carbon sinks with the water and fewer trucks. Super cheap distribution, water distribution nationwide, and stored energy. Not to mention all the algae , fish, and regular farms all irrigated.
Frank Delarosa
October 18, 2022 at 3:16 pm
As a trucker, I have been seeing more integrated loads. My only problem is time and delivery. For 2000 miles I have 4 stops, no problem. The problem is that the loads are scheduled to take a week to deliver. For that week I’m sacrificing my time. This may work great for the truckers that work off of salary. As a contractor it may hurt you because the overhead is so high.
Gabrielle Gilbert
October 18, 2022 at 4:54 pm
Appreciate Your ViewPoint on this!! Could/would it be beneficial to be able to provide more jobs – integrations- during a same amount of time compared? 🐞
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DIProgan
October 18, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Automated drones for each package instead
Abid Abdullah
October 18, 2022 at 4:43 pm
Costly
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October 18, 2022 at 5:05 pm
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October 18, 2022 at 3:51 pm
This comment section is infested with chat robots make sure you report them and the accounts
Adam Kaczynski
October 18, 2022 at 3:59 pm
America should re-discover trains, would help for a start, with or without algorithms.
Carson Hunt
October 18, 2022 at 8:30 pm
It’s about money, nothing else.
Whatever makes the most, they make happen 🙂
Shwat Toddle
October 18, 2022 at 8:39 pm
Trains moving freight is really really common. For things you need to not sit in a box out in the sun for days though, it’s a bad idea. Think groceries, or just about everything else the average person buys in a week.
Electron826
October 18, 2022 at 4:50 pm
You can make your modes as efficient as you like but even a 100% full truck will be creating GHGs. Efficiency will never stop the Arctic from melting. If all the trucks were electric then it wouldn’t matter that they were 50% empty.
MistahStephens
October 18, 2022 at 6:36 pm
I kind of agree, but unless the electricity to power that EV is sourced sustainably or thru nuclear poeer we’re just burning the fuel elsewhere I feel
Yijuwarp
October 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm
doing everything all at once is the best way forward, ignoring the climate impact totally this is still very useful & important work.
Gabrielle Gilbert
October 18, 2022 at 4:52 pm
While not certain to the exact formula for measuring here, but it Most Definitely DOES use more energy, gas, etc. to haul heavier (full) loads of goods. At any rate- I don’t disagree with the general point
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October 18, 2022 at 6:07 pm
How is trucking freight long distance “theoretically more efficient” than using freight rail ?
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October 18, 2022 at 6:30 pm
I thought trucking was the least efficient means of long distance shipment?
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October 18, 2022 at 7:36 pm
lmao, vaporware bullshit to push away union jobs, no thanks
Shwat Toddle
October 18, 2022 at 8:34 pm
It’s kind of weird you calling it full truckload freight when the animation you used originally had LTL written on it. Just odd in general using the wrong nomenclature for an industry you’re doing innovation in.
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October 18, 2022 at 9:55 pm
Great theory. Historically tho, without a loading n logistics depot to gather these part loads it will not work. Truckers make money when moving and not stopping and if they have multiple stops to fill out their load, they will lose money
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October 19, 2022 at 12:14 am
Admittedly I don’t know much about logistics but I can’t imagine the system doesn’t already work in a similar way to what your describing. Carrying a load to California then picking up a new load and driving home isn’t new. I live next to the head quarters of Creech trucking. That’s kind of what they do. They have a whole call center dedicated to organizing efficient trucking routes. I can’t speak to the other modes but I would assume they have similar systems.
Is what you’re selling a market place where warehouses can sell contractors and firms excess loads? Kind of like an ebay for logistics.
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October 19, 2022 at 1:14 am
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October 19, 2022 at 1:23 am
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Mark Duran
October 19, 2022 at 1:38 am
Actually I think the solution would be modular truck trailers…. Hear me out real quick.. Why you would only unload say half and full load in front of an existing load each time without prioritizing the new load over the old one? How may times would this make since? I bet only 30% of the time. So you would have to completely unload the truck.
How about we rethink the entire depot and the trailers to be modular boxes several different sizes. the trailers could unload themselves, the boxes could be loaded and unloaded without the drivers waiting for several hours just idling the engines.
I know this exists already its called a port that has shipping containers! Picture one of these scaled down and each truck like a cargo ship with a overhead drive through loader unload-er servicing 10 trucks at a time. Just a thought. Then you would know each truck is full.
Spieker
October 20, 2022 at 8:24 pm
You’re almost describing the concept of swap bodies which has been popular in Europe for decades. They are containers with foldable legs that can be picked up and dropped off by a truck. They’re 7.45m to 7.82m long, and since a truck can typically carry two of them it’s almost as long as a regular 53′ trailer in the US.
Stormrunner002
October 19, 2022 at 2:08 am
The forerunner for the Houston Supply Hub. Rises straight North like a tree trunk, then top of the tree being Regina Canada. Spreading East and West as it rises, containers are travelling in both direction.
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October 19, 2022 at 2:33 am
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Junk O'bash
October 19, 2022 at 3:20 am
We already knew about these supply chain efficiency. Just simply no companies have ever been able to build a perfect network. Maybe Amazon is trying within their company. Easier said than done
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October 19, 2022 at 4:09 am
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Rekhan79
October 19, 2022 at 5:40 am
Awesome idea.
thj1199
October 19, 2022 at 5:43 am
what we really should be doing is investing in rail infrastructure because it is far more efficient than trucks will ever be
Patrick Turner
October 19, 2022 at 7:45 am
I thought this was how things were done already… Why hasn’t anyone noticed this flaw in the system?
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October 19, 2022 at 2:57 pm
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To To
October 19, 2022 at 3:04 pm
Ideally, yes.
Except larger corporations tend to intentionally squeeze down inventory to certainly locations / countries to create shortage, inflating the price.
Unless there are large amount of players involved, or government regulations forcing certain capacity to be fulfilled. It’s just a dream.
Alternatively, it is very much possible to push back lorries (trucks) to trains, and or innovating different kind of containers and lorry beds.
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October 22, 2022 at 5:57 pm
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Twinstick Wizard
October 23, 2022 at 2:30 am
The most easily visible load on the roads is lumber. Stand on the side of any major western Canadian highway and within a very short time you will see B-trains of lumber going both ways. Huge opportunity for the lumber producers and the transportation industry to cut down on emissions.
real Jx3
October 23, 2022 at 2:10 pm
This is complete nonsense and is not pushing a green agenda at all, quite the opposite.
Half empty uses same amount of fuel? That’s not how physics works and this is about wages for drivers, this guy lowering his own costs.
Oh and if drivers want to earn a bit more, they can work a bit more – in the US context, where workers get zero protection. this translates as abuse.
And that’s just a couple of the many problems with this video – Fox News can air this but not anyone reasonable.
This video should be taken down and the review process for new videos should be reconsidered.