Comment on Hydrogen locomotive
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoBut how about replacing the diesel with fucking electrified rail network?
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.
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.
It’s true. Electrified rail lines do exist in a many places, but not quite everywhere. Since there are also non-electric lines, there’s also a time and a place for non-electric locomotives.
Its not that expensive in especially comparison to the entire hustle with Hydrogen…
Hydrogen technology is still in its infancy, so economies of scale aren’t helping very muc at this point. On top of that, the storage options are far from ideal, and not all hydrogen is green. Currently there are many obstacels, but hopefully hydrogen will find its place in the future.
A very idiotic statement.
Caucasus was electrifued first in Soviet Union
Distance doesn’t matter as long as the line connects two places that are important in the big picture.
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.
ThePyroPython@feddit.uk 1 year ago
cough overhead lines cough
hansl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Jeez if only smart people thought of that.
Real answer: it’s actually a lot of logistics and technical challenge to bring overhead lines to the whole of eve a small country like England. A lot of these tracks are in regions where there’s no power lines nearby. You still want the trains to go to and through these places.
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
That's logic comparing the economic costs of diesel to electric. If you compare the economics with hydrogen, it makes much more sense to run the wire with the track.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Just put lines above the track…
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Sometimes building infrastructure is more expensive than a hydrogen-powered train. I guess.
pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 1 year ago
Maybe at the train track end. But creating the hydrogen and the needed infrastructure for both the creation and distribution, plus the enormous amounts of energy wasted in the production, is unlikely to be more cost effective than the investment in electrifying existing railroads.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No especially not in the long run and especially especially not regarding efficiency
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
It never is, and won't be until we essentially have free energy. Any serious economic study has concluded as much.