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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (917510)1/27/2016 9:29:06 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 1574304
 
"The greenhouse gas emission-equivalent for a typical airplane carrying 116 passengers would be a train carrying 130-280 passengers."

They think we'll be powering it with carbon? How childish.

Myth #6 Coal-powered electrical generation for the train will cause as much pollution as airplanes or cars.

    Fact: HSR creates only 1/10 of the CO2 of air travel and California’s system will operate using zero carbon electricity

      Explanation: On September 3, 2008 the California High Speed Rail approved a policy that would power the train 100% using zero-carbon renewable energy. This will save around save around 5 billion pounds of CO2 annually compared to using standard mix of clean and dirty electricity sources in California. The train system will result in a an overall savings of 12 billion pounds of CO2 annually compared to travel by planes and vehicle if the was no high-speed train. ( CAHSR Authority)

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