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Cars, trucks, trains, and ships all use oil, a liquid fuel. Not electricity.
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Friedemann, A.J. (2016). Overview of the Electric Grid: Herding Lightning. In: When Trucks Stop Running. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26375-5_15
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