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No, the hilarious part is how the author thinks it's trivial to replace all existing railways that diesel trains use with electrified ones. That's an immense i
by mdszy 7y ago
No, the hilarious part is how the author thinks it's trivial to replace all existing railways that diesel trains use with electrified ones.
That's an immense infrastructure project that is almost certainly not financially worth it.
- silverreads 7y agoDepends on power transmission efficiency.
- mcv 7y agoIt depends primarily on how much they're used. Trains are used a lot in western Europe, which makes electrification very much worth it. But if you only get one train per day, it's probably better to stick to diesel.
- mdszy 7y agoNo. It depends on how much it costs to erect thousands upon thousands of miles of transmission lines.