Unfortunately freight rail often uses diesel as well. It is more efficient of course pound for pound, but the cost is still felt. Even nations with better rail are feeling the price because of this
Yeah, but electrifying rail didn’t require technological innovation the way batteries capable of long-haul trucking did. We could’ve had electric rail freight decades ago if the political will had been there.
Unfortunately freight rail often uses diesel as well. It is more efficient of course pound for pound, but the cost is still felt. Even nations with better rail are feeling the price because of this
Yeah, but electrifying rail didn’t require technological innovation the way batteries capable of long-haul trucking did. We could’ve had electric rail freight decades ago if the political will had been there.