Comment on Anon likes trains
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 days ago
Honestly I think it’s just sticker shock. I would say that as soon as we get some people would be more willing to get more, but no, because people are hesitant to expand existing rail. MARTA please expand, I beg you. Oh great spirits of public transit, I pray that you soften the NIMBYs’ hearts.
It’s so upsetting that every small town in my state has an old historic train stop but none of them are actually passenger train stops anymore. Once you see it you can’t unsee it. I am 15 minutes from my town’s historic train stop which is a steak house now. My parents are about the same distance from theirs, probably even closer, but it’s a museum or something. Can I just take a walk to the train, ride down, and see them? Nope. Gotta deal with the hellscape that is metro Atlanta traffic.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
They can soften the nimbys’ hearts, but ill take them cooked to charcoal if that’s what it takes.
TheFerrango@lemmings.world 5 days ago
Glorious coal for scenic steam locomotives. It’s a win-win
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Still cleaner than even the cleanest electric car, just by physics.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
In theory, you could make a carbon-neutral coal-burning steam locomotive. You would need to make synthetic coal out of atmospherically-captured CO2. But in theory it would be possible…
TheFerrango@lemmings.world 4 days ago
Copilot’s deep think says it would take a 2K passenger train to be more environmentally friendly than 2K electric cars, given a coal-steam train and electric cars recharged by a coal fired power plant.
But that’s irrelevant, electric cars lose the coolness factor against steam trains. Choo-choo electric drivers!