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polycaster
on April 12, 2022
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Europe is investing heavily in trains
According to [1] a passenger train consumes about 2l per 100km per person. Whereas airtravel takes 4.9-5.9l per 100km for short ranges below 800km.
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftstoffverbrauch?wprov=sfti...
doikor
on April 12, 2022
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Most passenger rail in Europe is electric though.
6510
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If you'd want to be truly accurate (or pedantic) electricity is not a power source. In NL the trains run on wind.
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[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftstoffverbrauch?wprov=sfti...