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[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or... Electric trains? Perhaps?

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

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Both would be good.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

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