#Climatechange #Amtrak #PioneerRoute

What Happens for Amtrak’s Long-Distance 15 Routes Plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFs0acz26w

All of this is just another study. The Pioneer Route is the green line. Not only would it serve Idaho and Northern Utah, it cuts 9 hours of train travel from SEA -> SAC -> DEN, the gray line.

#Climatechange #Amtrak #PioneerRoute

The Pioneer route would cut the 54 hour SEA -> SAC -> DEN trip down to 45 hours.

Would this save CO2 emissions? Plane is currently less CO2 than Amtrak because the flight is direct. But the Pioneer Route would a big corner out of the L.

Conventional peak oil happened in 1974. Fracked peak oil is on us soon - 2026 or 2027. Fracked oil fields decline quickly.

https://woodwardblog.com/2021/08/09/bring-back-the-pioneer-route/

Bring back the Pioneer Route

   If this summer’s unprecedented drought, scorching temperatures and wildfire smoke aren’t reasons to get serious about climate change, nothing is.  The extreme weather we’re seeing…

Tim Woodward