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Electrifying the US rail network sounds like a 20 year project, not an "oh shoot, diesel supply is low, let's switch" project.
by missedthecue 4y ago
Electrifying the US rail network sounds like a 20 year project, not an "oh shoot, diesel supply is low, let's switch" project.
- more_corn 4y ago20 years. Your optimism is quaint. The US couldn’t do a major infrastructure project in 20 years if our fat asses depended on it.
- esarbe 4y agoI guess that's why it should have started some 60 years ago.
- esarbe 4y agoYou know, like Europe.
- wrycoder 4y agoIt appears that German electricity is 45% fossil fuel generated. They keep shutting down their nuclear.
- esarbe 4y agoEven an electric train that is being provided with electricity has a better footprint than a train with diesel engines. But yes; unfortunately the Germans keep shutting down their nuclear reactors. There's a lot of education that needs to happen. France on the other hand is almost completely (80% or so?) nuclear and the Swiss have hydro and wind. So there's some wins there.
- Schroedingersat 4y ago> But yes; unfortunately the Germans keep shutting down their nuclear reactors. There's a lot of education that needs to happen. They elected a gas stooge who sabotaged wind development. Then went even further right wing. > France on the other hand is almost completely (80% or so?) nuclear 70% and not this year. Over half of it is offline. They at least had the sense to build about 20% renewables which is working fine.