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outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months agoStill cleaner than even the cleanest electric car, just by physics.
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!
copilot’s deepthink saya
I cannot express the depth of disappointment i feel here.
Suffice to say that this is not an answer.
Well I don’t know anyone who works in either designing mass transportation nor makes environmental impact analysis, so no one could give me an accurate guess, hence why I specified that I asked.
I cannot express the depth of disappointment i feel here. I even let it ‘think’ some extra time, come on
I sincerely hope you are never responsible for so much as brunch I’ll make it my goal to ensure I’m supervising every single brunch you’re going to for the rest of our lives
There are rough numbers to be foubd, math to be done. Not enough for real work, but enough for guessing a rough course, or knowing when it’s close.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 months 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…
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Nope. Thermodynamics.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
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outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
You’d just be making batteries at that point
And the making wouldn’t be free