I’ll try one more time and shutup as it sees to me people are focusing on semantics rather that the actual question.
If electro-diesel trains are transporting a ton about 450 mile on a gallon of diesel then just how much will it cost, in terms of carbon output to electrify a mile of rail in comparison to the average train loading?
How much will it cost in terms of carbon output to maintain that electrification per year annually?
How many years will it take to reach a carbon neutral position?
What are the expected costs of, assuming you agree there will be increased carbon output, the marginal increase in carbon output during the transition period compared to the current impact of electro-diesel transportation?
If you don’t agree that the infrastructure build out will increase carbon output how is that accomplished?
At a ROI of 19% you get economic payback in 5.3 years. The benefits are more weighted towards fossil fuel use than the costs so CO2 neutrality would be sooner than that, but then you start getting into issues like how you account for energy usage of workers whose labor is being used when you substitute labor for energy use.
That’s exactly what “electric transmission” means, no?
I’ll try one more time and shutup as it sees to me people are focusing on semantics rather that the actual question.
If electro-diesel trains are transporting a ton about 450 mile on a gallon of diesel then just how much will it cost, in terms of carbon output to electrify a mile of rail in comparison to the average train loading?
How much will it cost in terms of carbon output to maintain that electrification per year annually?
How many years will it take to reach a carbon neutral position?
What are the expected costs of, assuming you agree there will be increased carbon output, the marginal increase in carbon output during the transition period compared to the current impact of electro-diesel transportation?
If you don’t agree that the infrastructure build out will increase carbon output how is that accomplished?
At a ROI of 19% you get economic payback in 5.3 years. The benefits are more weighted towards fossil fuel use than the costs so CO2 neutrality would be sooner than that, but then you start getting into issues like how you account for energy usage of workers whose labor is being used when you substitute labor for energy use.