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Chad Irby wrote:

"Marie Lewis" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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Still waiting for the high speed trains of USA...

The distances are too long. Air travel is cheaper for that sort of
range,

And pollutes the planet in the usual US way.

Actually, while a lot of people try to claim that, very few trains are
that efficient. Most UK trains, for example, are *more* polluting, when
you take electrical generation and coal use into account.

In comparison to aircraft, trains are significantly more efficient. UK
statistics show that aircraft use about 6000 BTU per passenger-mile,
while long distance trains use about 1550 BTU per passenger-mile. Those
are the actual numbers, not claims, and include electric generation
losses.

All most trains do is *move* the pollution to places outside of the
cities.

Given that trains are relatively efficient, and move pollution away from
populated areas, is that really so bad?