▲ 148 ▼ How India electrified 45% of its railway network in just five years (www.energymonitor.ai) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments Site redirects warning, UBlock Origin or similar highly recommended
[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Let me guess: They added power lines. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago That's certainly part of it, yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) They also conveniently forgot to mention that almost 80% of their electricity generation comes from fossil fuels, increasingly from coal. But hey, no problem. Net zero by 2030. Coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago They didn’t forget to mention that, it’s clearly admitted in the article. But now they can take much more advantage of cleaner electricity as it’s introduced: every country does need to do both permalink fedilink source parent [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think the trains were using something other than fossil fuels before? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) As the article mentions, the trains previously ran on naan bread. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago That's the conductors, not the trains themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago hard to believe it's a good choice but it's still the better choice - electricity generated by dozens of coal plants are going to hurt MUCH, MUCH LESS - than millions of two stroke engines puttering fuel and oil out for individual transit needs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Well, there’s a reason India fought so hard against banning fossil fuels at the last climate summit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago That's certainly part of it, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) They also conveniently forgot to mention that almost 80% of their electricity generation comes from fossil fuels, increasingly from coal. But hey, no problem. Net zero by 2030. Coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago They didn’t forget to mention that, it’s clearly admitted in the article. But now they can take much more advantage of cleaner electricity as it’s introduced: every country does need to do both permalink fedilink source parent [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think the trains were using something other than fossil fuels before? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) As the article mentions, the trains previously ran on naan bread. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago That's the conductors, not the trains themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago hard to believe it's a good choice but it's still the better choice - electricity generated by dozens of coal plants are going to hurt MUCH, MUCH LESS - than millions of two stroke engines puttering fuel and oil out for individual transit needs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Well, there’s a reason India fought so hard against banning fossil fuels at the last climate summit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago They didn’t forget to mention that, it’s clearly admitted in the article. But now they can take much more advantage of cleaner electricity as it’s introduced: every country does need to do both permalink fedilink source parent
[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think the trains were using something other than fossil fuels before? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) As the article mentions, the trains previously ran on naan bread. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago That's the conductors, not the trains themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) As the article mentions, the trains previously ran on naan bread. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago That's the conductors, not the trains themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago That's the conductors, not the trains themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago hard to believe it's a good choice but it's still the better choice - electricity generated by dozens of coal plants are going to hurt MUCH, MUCH LESS - than millions of two stroke engines puttering fuel and oil out for individual transit needs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Well, there’s a reason India fought so hard against banning fossil fuels at the last climate summit. permalink fedilink source parent