deltabravo wrote:
wildtoad wrote:
And the real question might be if the diesel goes away what does that do for the 40+ ft motor homes and really huge 5th wheels?
And the thousands of over the road trucks (big rigs like Mack, Peterbuilt, KW, etc...) And railroad locomotives....
As areas get more dense and built-up, it makes sense for the trains to switch to over-head wires and electric operation. I think it is the Netherlands that recently claimed all or most of its rail operations are now running on renewable electricity.
But across the N.A continent ... I don't see that happening soon. Although when one of the early northern U.S. trans-continental lines was built (N.P. or G.N. ?), it was electric all the way to Seattle from Minneapolis. Prolly used coal fired generating plants back then though.
As already mentioned, electric plus fuel cells might work for long-distances. But not anytime soon I expect. Think diesel, perhaps with better and more reliable emissions equipment, will be with us for some time.
