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What's the point of the look if they're electric? A few steam engines operating for historical tourism doesn't seem like a big issue for emissions compared to
by danans 1y ago
What's the point of the look if they're electric? A few steam engines operating for historical tourism doesn't seem like a big issue for emissions compared to the millions of ICE cars. We should keep them operating on their original fuel.
- stevage 1y agoJust like every car doesn't seem like a big deal compared to all the other millions of cars.
- rsynnott 1y agoWhile it would be fabulously, fantastically inefficient, you _could_ in principle have an electric-heated steam engine. This has actually occasionally been done! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric–steam_locomotive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric–steam_locomotive > A few steam engines operating for historical tourism doesn't seem like a big issue for emissions compared to the millions of ICE cars. We should keep them operating on their original fuel. The CO2 emissions aren't the only issue; they are _seriously_ dirty. Probably fine in Dollywood where it's presumably quite open, but in some countries it's somewhat common to run 'heritage' engines on main lines as an event, and it can really be _pretty bad_ in enclosed stations.