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> not competitive against air travel Financially, maybe. In terms of the negative externalities impacting climate, high-speed trains are incomparable.
by maelito 8y ago
> not competitive against air travel
Financially, maybe. In terms of the negative externalities impacting climate, high-speed trains are incomparable.
- fetbaffe 8y agoRailway on the other hand have negative impact on wildlife when building it. Give it a decade or two and we will have electrical air travel. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19652363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19652363
- 0xffff2 8y agoNo, you absolutely will not. The article you linked is talking about 2/4 seat trainers. Electric simple does not scale to airliner sizes/speeds/distances. We're currently working towards hybrid-electric airliners that may offer some efficiency improvements, and even those are 3-4 decades from commercial operation. Fully electric requires a fundamental breakthrough in battery energy density.