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That electric locomotive has a really long cord attached to it - it only has about 2MW under diesel. Once you allow attaching an extension cord, electric wins
by bombcar 1y ago
That electric locomotive has a really long cord attached to it - it only has about 2MW under diesel.
Once you allow attaching an extension cord, electric wins ever time; there's zero competition.
- crote 1y agoTrains run on rails, which doesn't exactly allow them to go off-highway. If you're already spending a fortune on building the rail infrastructure, why wouldn't you spend a few bucks extra to install the extension cord?
- bombcar 1y agoBecause in most places in the world, the rail is already built. So it's either extend the existing rail network, or try to build a new one entirely. (Apparently it's something on the line of $10m/mile to add electrification, so presumably building it while building out is less, but not much less.)