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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Looks like trains are about 50wh/km

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/most-energy-efficient-mode-zero-emission-urban-transport-kme%C5%A5

I couldn't find any info on planes, but that'd be interesting to see how massive that would be too.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It's that normalized by passenger or is that just the train?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Normalized by passenger, certainly. However, it's easier to hit passenger capacity in a train than in a (private) car.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait the private car isn't normalized as 1 person per car or 1.2 average people per car?

    Deeply suspicious framing if that's the case.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You misunderstood me. For one, I simply assumed that locomotives have big engines for a reason and thus the number can't be calculated for the entire train. For two, when I mentioned the capacity of cars, I meant maximum passenger capacity. I said that because at maximum passenger capacity, cars become a reasonable means of transportation whereas normally, they are ridiculously inefficient.

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