Thrashy@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhoever wrote this headline has never encountered a passenger train before in their liveslemmy.worldimagemessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1800arrow-down115
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageWhoever wrote this headline has never encountered a passenger train before in their liveslemmy.worldThrashy@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squareteolan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBut even in that case it’s 10x better to have more frequent, cheaper diesel trains than having insanely expensive and heavy battery trains.
minus-squarefriendlymessagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNot if your goal is to reach net zero emissions at some point
minus-squareteolan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s not going to happen within the lifetime of the batteries of the trains though.
minus-squareautriyolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWell, they’d only need enough batteries to cover the distance without overhead lines. So for shortish sections it’s probably fine, just charge while on the powered section.
But even in that case it’s 10x better to have more frequent, cheaper diesel trains than having insanely expensive and heavy battery trains.
Not if your goal is to reach net zero emissions at some point
That’s not going to happen within the lifetime of the batteries of the trains though.
Well, they’d only need enough batteries to cover the distance without overhead lines. So for shortish sections it’s probably fine, just charge while on the powered section.