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HS2 railway

CliveS
We would all agree that an express link fro London to Birmingham and Manchester would be of great benefit BUT do we have to electrify the entire length of track or just the parts inside city boundaries. 

We can half the construction/infrastructure cost if we use diesel electric trains cross country and convert to electric only inside the city. 

This is environmentally friendly as power stations are only 60% efficient at best and mostly use gas at normal/peak times anyway; isn't it ??
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    Arran 

    Special price deals may be negotiated but long term the cost of electrical energy and gas/kerosene are all tied together.  If oil and gas price increase 50% then electricity will increase 50% because most of our power stations use oil or gas as their primary fuel. 




    Oil fired power stations are are thing of the past in Britain. There are just a small handful here and there such as one in the Shetland Islands and another in Northern Ireland. The big ones have all gone and they were never even prominent to start with - like large coal or nuclear power stations were.


    The long term cost of electrical energy will depend on how the electricity is produced in the future.


    I'm no expert on railway engineering or power generation, but somehow I don't really think you understand what you are talking about.



     

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    CliveS:

    Arran 

    Special price deals may be negotiated but long term the cost of electrical energy and gas/kerosene are all tied together.  If oil and gas price increase 50% then electricity will increase 50% because most of our power stations use oil or gas as their primary fuel. 




    Oil fired power stations are are thing of the past in Britain. There are just a small handful here and there such as one in the Shetland Islands and another in Northern Ireland. The big ones have all gone and they were never even prominent to start with - like large coal or nuclear power stations were.


    The long term cost of electrical energy will depend on how the electricity is produced in the future.


    I'm no expert on railway engineering or power generation, but somehow I don't really think you understand what you are talking about.



     

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