A lot of people point to trains efficiency as a way forward to minimize the environmental impact of the transportation sector. But are trains and railroad solarpunkable? Or is it just another “all eggs in the same basket” industry?
A lot of people point to trains efficiency as a way forward to minimize the environmental impact of the transportation sector. But are trains and railroad solarpunkable? Or is it just another “all eggs in the same basket” industry?
Fuel is heavily subsidized, trains are not. When you get a full tank you’re actually paying only part of the real price.
Additionally, people tend to underestimate how much owing a car costs. City nerd has a video about it.
Will look for that city nerd.
How do these subsidies work, that the rail companies cannot tap into those. The electrified trains have most of their electricity coming from fossil fuels which would benefit from the same subsidies.
I feel that an optimised engine on a low friction track carrying 500-1000 people should be orders of magnitude cheaper than a car.