Comment on Hydrogen locomotive

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trains don't run on diesel directly. They use diesel generators to drive electric motors that actually move the train. How those motors are powered is relatively irrelevant. This just replaces the diesel generators with hydrogen fuel cells.

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  • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But how about replacing the diesel with fucking electrified rail network?

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    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because now you have to build an electrified track infrastructure in instead of using an already built railway track.

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      • ThePyroPython@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        cough overhead lines cough

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      • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just put lines above the track…

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    • cuacamole@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sometimes youll need stuff like this. Rail maintenance cant always be done using overhead lines, since the machines will get destroyed by electric breakdown(?).

      Some parts are not electrified yet, some cant be without major work being done to the track.

      It is not ideal, but sometimes you cant do it otherwise, or you’d have to cut of some parts, imo its a useful way to bridge gaps.

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    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s worth the time and effort in a city, and even between two large cities that are relatively close to each other. Sadly, building and maintaining the system isn’t cheap, so we don’t do it in more remote locations.

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      • Rowsdower@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Its not that expensive in especially comparison to the entire hustle with Hydrogen…

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      • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Caucasus was electrifued first in Soviet Union

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  • LaggyKar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A lot of them do, but there are also ones with mechanical or hydraulic transmission.

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• GigglyBobble@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  European politicians like hydrogen for some reason. Inefficiencies don't matter, they are used to those.

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