• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Only because of the speed of the train. Fuel spent accelerating to later brake is wasted fuel. More efficient would be spending only enough fuel to come to a full stop without braking.

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      1 month ago

      Efficient from an electrical standpoint, but not a transportation one. You can’t “improve” it so much that it no longer does the thing it’s supposed to do.

    • olympicyes@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      So you want the trains to coast from station to station? Do you really believe that or is it very important for you to be right?