I'd like to ask for opinions on Electric VS Mechanical cooling fans.
For many years most auto makers build their cars with a belt driven from the crank shaft. The system works/ed for many years with very few moving parts and little needed maintance.

Now it seems like all the new cars/truck have electric fans on them. Again the system works but looks like alot more parts to have problems with.
Are electric fans the best way to go? Is the added stress to the charging system out weigh the lose of HP from the mechanical fan?

I have a mechanical/belt driven fan on my truck now but the dern thing sounds like a C130 driving down the road from all the fan noise .
My truck is used mostly for towing and local driving.