Re:Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only ma...
by mschuster91 on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:40AM
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> What is the carbon foot print of replacing all the rail and freight?
You don't need to replace the rails, only add overhead power. Which, granted, isn't free in terms of CO2, but saves a lot of fossil fuel emissions and particulate matter emissions for those living adjacent to rail routes (which is mostly poor people, so this issue also has a social impact) down the roat.
> Do we have the funds to make these changes all at once?
The US spends more on their military than the next 7-11 (depending on which source you want to cite) countries combined. The US spends twice as much per person for healthcare than European countries, with worse results.
There are way more than enough ways to fund a transportation revolution, and in the worst case the US Government can issue special ear-marked bonds.
> How quickly can we realistically change out our entire fossil fuel infrastructure?
Two to three decades. Which coincidentally lines up with the predictions on when climate change will hit the "irreversibility" point.
You don't need to replace the rails, only add overhead power. Which, granted, isn't free in terms of CO2, but saves a lot of fossil fuel emissions and particulate matter emissions for those living adjacent to rail routes (which is mostly poor people, so this issue also has a social impact) down the roat.
> Do we have the funds to make these changes all at once?
The US spends more on their military than the next 7-11 (depending on which source you want to cite) countries combined. The US spends twice as much per person for healthcare than European countries, with worse results.
There are way more than enough ways to fund a transportation revolution, and in the worst case the US Government can issue special ear-marked bonds.
> How quickly can we realistically change out our entire fossil fuel infrastructure?
Two to three decades. Which coincidentally lines up with the predictions on when climate change will hit the "irreversibility" point.