Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.

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    3 hours ago

    making electrified transport a reality

    Electrified rail remains the most efficient form of transportation and has been available since the late 1800s…

    People are just so obsessed with cars that they ignored the safest, most efficient, and environmentally friendly option for over a hundred years.

    I guess the future is bound to be filled with dangerous traffic with even heavier cars, and filled with millions of batteries filled with lithium mined by impoverished children.

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      The infrastructure to build and run would be enormous in most of the US. In smaller, more compact countries, sure. But in the area I live, I couldn’t imagine this.

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        Not when compared to the maintenance and cost of installing the amount of multi lane interstate and highways we currently have in the US.

        Electric rail isn’t a solution for every commuter in the US, but it is the solution for most commuters, as 80% of Americans live in urban environments.

        Also, the argument that America is too large to have rail isnt very logical when countries like Russia or China depend on it for the vast majority of their logistics.