Jon Worth4d ago

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Italy is struggling to get its hydrogen trains working

https://ferrovie.info/treni-reali/treni-a-idrogeno-in-lombardia-rischio-ritardi-fino-al-2028.html

Here’s an idea: put up a WIRE. Or use a battery

We have enough cases from Germany already to know that *even if* these trains run, they won’t run well or economically

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Show thread🔏 Matthias Wiesmann

@jon The only benefit of hydrogen is that it feels like it is like diesel. It is not. Fuel cells are complicated and there is little experience deploying these in the field. You still need a battery and an electric motor. Making something hydrogen tight is very hard.

Alon had a very interesting article a few years back, explaining this is basically anti-green ideology.

https://pedestrianobservations.com/2023/11/29/quick-note-anti-green-identity-politics/

Quick Note: Anti-Green Identity Politics

In Northern Europe right now, there’s a growing backlash to perceived injury to people’s prosperity inflicted by the green movement. In Germany this is seen in campaigning this year by …

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Show threadJon Worth4d ago
@thias I have not written much on it recently, but this still holds: https://jonworth.eu/decarbonise-rail-diagrams-battery-trains-and-a-visit-to-stadlers-plant-in-pankow/
Decarbonise rail: diagrams, battery trains, and a visit to Stadler's plant in Pankow

Rail might correctly consider itself the greenest transport mode, but there is nevertheless plenty railways can do to decarbonise - not least by doing away with diesel as the primary fuel to power trains on non-electrified lines. The question then comes: how best to do that? Anyone who follows the

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