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India's rail network is nearly 100% electrified. The U.S. is at 1% (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Beaver@lemmy.ca to c/trains@midwest.social

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[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

We don't even have reliable power in large parts of the US. Not sure we'll be getting eletricified train infrastructure anytime in our lifetimes.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

@Ptsf @Beaver Compared to India? Which parts of the USA ration which hours/days each region of a city gets power?

When I was in a random restaurant in some Indian town the drinks we ordered took an insane amount of time to be prepared. We realised that was because an employee had to ride a bike to somewhere that had power to make our drinks and ride them back to us.

The US is a bastion of peak reliability compared to India.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 2 months ago

@Ptsf @Beaver Now if someone wants to argue that electrifying the trains caused the power insecurity, they'd still be wrong, but at least in a way that is logical.

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