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  • @Sorgan71
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    410 months ago

    I’d take diesel train infrastructure over electric cars any day

    • @astropenguin5
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      2010 months ago

      Or… Electric trains? Perhaps?

      (And the good ones with overhead lines not the shitty battery ones)

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        210 months ago

        Diesel can keep going when there is a power outage even if it is just enough to get people to safety.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          I wonder if anybody is doing electric trains with onboard emergency diesel generators. They wouldn’t need to be able to move the train at full speed. They would just need to be able to get the train moving to the next station or whatever, in the event of a prolonged outage or damage to infrastructure.

      • @Sorgan71
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        -1010 months ago

        thats not what I mean. Of course they would best but either option is better than EVs. Diesel trains are cheaper tho

    • geogle
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      10 months ago

      Not through cities. We need clean running options in densly populated areas

      • @Sorgan71
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        -810 months ago

        Thats not my point, my point is that dirty running trains are better than clean running cars.