I don't know where he got his stats, but the energy per passenger for a train cannot be right. CSX advertises daily they can move a ton of freight 400 miles for

I don't know where he got his stats, but the energy per passenger for a train cannot be right. CSX advertises daily they can move a ton of freight 400 miles for a dollar. A person weighs much less than a ton. Granted there are additional expenses to make a human comfortable, but these are relatively low fixed costs --you know like a chair.