Electrification of rail might be one of the most important single Silver BBs
right before us for tackling economic, energy, and environmental challenges.
On this, a guest post from the
impassioned and thoughtful rail/transport thinker BruceMcF …
Having lost sight of our goals we redoubled our efforts - Mark Twain
The Steel Interstate concept is both powerful and simple. Electrify [...]
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Time for the a 21st Century Steel Interstate
September 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Energy · trains · transportation · trucking
CALCUL DES EMISSIONS DE CO2: Calculating your travel CO2 emissions
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments
The French rail system (SNCF) has added a calculator for travel carbon emissions, offering up the ability to compare prices and carbon loads for travel by rail, air, or personal vehicle. L’Ecocomparateur enables one to know how long the trip will take and the consequences: for the pocket and the climate for that trip. Will [...]
Tags: carbon dioxide · trains · transportation
Riding the Rails into the Future …
April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
While America’s leaders fiddle around and our rail seems to go down in flames, Europe is strengthening its rail system. Two interrelated items to consider:
High-Speed Trains are expanding in Europe and are cutting travel times.
European train systems are combining in an alliance program to be better positioned to fight discount airlines.
Well, in the United States, [...]
Tags: trains