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And yet, I still think we need to subsidize Amtrak more. Perhaps a lot more so it could at least begin to electrify those railways and put some electric locomot
by m0zg 7y ago
And yet, I still think we need to subsidize Amtrak more. Perhaps a lot more so it could at least begin to electrify those railways and put some electric locomotives in service. What's up with this mid-century diesel bullshit they're running now?
- lonelappde 7y agoAmtrak runs on electricity in the NE corridor. Please explain your plan to electrify thousands of miles of long haul low usage rail.
- m0zg 7y agoFor the price of one small war in the Middle East, we could have nuclear locomotives and trains 10 miles long, hauling goods for basically nothing.
- anticensor 7y agoOne derail away from mass nuclear accident.
- jascii 7y agoAnd for 1/10th of the price of that we could have overhead power lines powering the locomotives with whatever source of energy is cheap/safe/available..
- m0zg 7y agoExactly my point. I wasn't _seriously_ arguing in favor of nuclear locomotives, of course.