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Only if you don’t price in environmental impact. Trains are much more efficient than ships in this regard and can be powered purely by green energy.

• nkurz 7y ago
  > Trains are much more efficient than ships in this regard Is that really true? At least for CO2 emissions, other sources seem to imply the opposite, with ships being much more efficient than trains: https://truecostblog.com/2009/11/23/is-local-really-greener-than-global/ https://truecostblog.com/2009/11/23/is-local-really-greener-...
  • SomeOldThrow 7y ago
    I'm referring to an electric train powered by green energy—an ideal, not a current reality. As far as I am aware, shipping lanes are just as difficult to green as planes are, maybe even more so.
    • Godel_unicode 7y ago
      We know how to make very large nuclear powered ships. You could fit an astonishing amount of waste on something the size of the Nimitz, especially if it didn't need to make task group speeds.
      • SomeOldThrow 7y ago
        Hmm, fair point.
    • cr1895 7y ago
      >an ideal, not a current reality. Dutch trains run on sustainable power. https://www.ns.nl/en/about-ns/sustainability/energy/sustainable-energy.html https://www.ns.nl/en/about-ns/sustainability/energy/sustaina...