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Not disagreeing but it’s amazing a ship plowing water out of the way is so much more efficient. Perhaps trains beat road transport efficiency to a similar degr
by BobbyTables2 9mo ago
Not disagreeing but it’s amazing a ship plowing water out of the way is so much more efficient.
Perhaps trains beat road transport efficiency to a similar degree.
- tdeck 9mo agoThis is why European cities had so many canals back in the day.
- butvacuum 9mo agoclassic volume grows faster than surface area. also, fuel is a huge cost (maybe even the main cost), and drag has a >linear relationship with speed- so the ships will slow down based on fuel prices.
- jedimastert 9mo agoThey do, trains are BAFFLINGLY fuel efficient in terms of pounds of cargo. Once they get up to speed, trains can move one ton of cargo about 480 mile per gallon, vs 130 with trucks
- doikor 9mo ago> Perhaps trains beat road transport efficiency to a similar degree. Not just efficiency but you can use electric trains if your tracks are electrified. Add into that electricity production system that is mostly renewable+nuclear (the Nordics for example) and you get very very low emissions.