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> Even if the train itself produces less CO2 than a car Deutsche Bahn advertises their long-distance trains as running on 100% renewable energy.
by majewsky 8y ago
> Even if the train itself produces less CO2 than a car
Deutsche Bahn advertises their long-distance trains as running on 100% renewable energy.
- Scoundreller 8y agoWhich is just that, marketing. Almost half of German electricity is from coal. It’s all the same grid. If DB earmarks some renewable electricity for itself, then the non-renewable mix is increased for another customer.
- germanier 8y agoDeutsche Bahn operates their own grid and gets about two thirds of their energy from power plants directly connected to that on long-term contracts (the rest is fed in from the public grid with some inverters).