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> Planes emit more only because they travel further. Mile for mile they aren't that different these days. May I point out that electric trains have zero emissi
by credit_guy 7y ago
> Planes emit more only because they travel further. Mile for mile they aren't that different these days.
May I point out that electric trains have zero emissions?
- repolfx 7y agoOnly if powered entirely by non-emitting power sources, which requires you to assume nuclear power creates no pollution. Not much CO2 I'll give you that, but no pollution, not the case.
- credit_guy 7y agoIf we were to be in a debate class, and you were assigned to argue in favor of electric trains, I'm sure you would point out that in a single month California build more than enough solar capacity to power all 16 trains for the Phase 1. Every month for the next 5 years, California is projected to build an average of 250 MW solar (15 GW overall [1]). The highest power TGV: 12.24 MW [2]. It's in fact enough to power 20 trains. [1] https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/california-solar https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/california-solar [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV#Rolling_stock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV#Rolling_stock