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• ↓ Electrifying freight trains in the U.S. is a bad idea
• ↓ Why Nuclear Power can’t replace fossil fuels
• ↓ Energy, Water, & Climate Change are interdependent
• ↓ Why fusion power is Forever Away
• ↓ Climate Change dominates news coverage at expense of other existential planetary boundaries
• ↓ Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”
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"In the U.S., freight rail tracks are privately owned. Companies put much of their profit back into maintaining the existing 95,000 mile infrastructure of tracks. Which can’t go just anywhere — tracks are laid on land with less than a 1% grade whenever possible.  And who would pay for electrification? Not private companies."

"Diesel-electric locomotives are ALREADY electric, and more energy efficient than electric freight trains. Diesel-electric freight is very efficient and moves 4 times more tons per mile than trucks because they hardly ever accelerate, stop, start, or travel over 40 mph. I have a chapter on this in “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation” more extensive than this post if you would like to know more."

"High-speed passenger rail is all the rage, but when it comes to electrification of America’s freight trains there’s almost total silence. Yet Europe and Russia have electrified freight trains, so why not here?"

"Preface. Economic reasons are the main hurdle to new nuclear plants now, with capital costs so high it’s almost impossible to get a loan, especially when natural gas is so much cheaper and less risky. But there are other reasons nuclear power is in trouble as well. Far more plants are in danger of closing than are being built because they’re so expensive (37 were predicted to shut down in 2013, 21 have been or will be soon). The $14 billion Vogtle reactors ended up cost $35 billion — of taxpayer money.  If there is another Fukushima or spent fuel pool release, the public will also be on the line for potentially trillions of dollars (Stone, R. May 24, 2016. Spent fuel fire on U.S. soil could dwarf impact of Fukushima. & Near miss at Fukushima is a warning for U.S., panel says. Science)"

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Electrifying freight trains in the U.S. is a bad idea

Why Nuclear Power can’t replace fossil fuels

Energy, Water, & Climate Change are interdependent

Why fusion power is Forever Away

Climate Change dominates news coverage at expense of other existential planetary boundaries

Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”