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The current limiting factor in scaling out trains in germany is NIMBYs. Ad train system that is significantly more silent, with a lower area footprint due to py
by j-pb 4y ago
The current limiting factor in scaling out trains in germany is NIMBYs.
Ad train system that is significantly more silent, with a lower area footprint due to pylon tracks has a serious advantage there.
If you cover the track in solar panels you get the additional argument that it replaces "ugly wind turbines in their backyard" (their words not mine, I love the sight of wind turbines).
- iggldiggl 4y ago> pylon tracks [...] "ugly wind turbines in their backyard" Instead they'd complain about ugly pylons in their backyard, so I'm not sure if that would have been that much of an improvement.
- j-pb 4y agoThose pylons are a much easier to swallow pill than wind turbines with their shadows and noise + train noises.