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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue May 15 16:46:39 2012, in response to Re: A Historical Hudson Line Question, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon May 14 16:27:19 2012. You're going to have to get over your "carbon" hangup and actually study the science rather than let politicians mold your thinking. We're more threatened by particulate emissions that poison us acutely (something that has been greatly curtailed and even eliminated in recent years) than any gas whose atmospheric concentration is in the parts per billion and doesn't have the kind of atmospheric heating potential that politicians and pseudoscientists claim, especially in light of its UV absorption capacity. (Carbon dioxide and methane both.)That said, I'm pro-electrification myself, especially in light of the thermodynamics and sheer efficiency. Thermal efficiency of diesel-electric locomotives is remarkable (way more than double that of road vehicles with internal-combustion engines), but it ends up hitting a wall in terms of sheer power compared to all-electric traction. There may be some territorial issues to settle if external companies set up the catenary wire systems (which would save the railroads infrastructure costs), but ultimately it'd be the same as buying fuel from outside vendors for "diseasels". |
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