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Overhead Catenary Cables to Charge Electric Lorries.

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So, what do readers think of this idea?  Surely those large pantographs cause high wind resistance? Perhaps if the lorries were put on steel rails they would be self steering and free up the roads.


From the Beeb. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-50223895/could-electric-roads-spark-a-green-transport-revolution


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    I'm inclined to agree, so before messing with roads, perhaps finishing to electrify the railway would be a better start, we only started with the first electric trains in the late 1800s, how hard can it be to just get BrXXX no , no, no, , railway electrification, sorted.   (I think the oldest electric train still running in the UK is the narrow gauge on Brighton seafront dating from 1883)

    Seriously the best energy wise would be a joined up system with more rail freight for long haul, except for the last few miles, which can be smaller lorries that could then be electric. It is not clear why railway lines are empty most of the time, and therefore expensive compared to road transport.

    The only reason a coach is cheaper than a train, ignoring the suggestions in the 1998 song by Divine Comedy, is that the road is very busy, and in effect more people are paying for it. The rail user it seems, is paying for the whole train.
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    I'm inclined to agree, so before messing with roads, perhaps finishing to electrify the railway would be a better start, we only started with the first electric trains in the late 1800s, how hard can it be to just get BrXXX no , no, no, , railway electrification, sorted.   (I think the oldest electric train still running in the UK is the narrow gauge on Brighton seafront dating from 1883)

    Seriously the best energy wise would be a joined up system with more rail freight for long haul, except for the last few miles, which can be smaller lorries that could then be electric. It is not clear why railway lines are empty most of the time, and therefore expensive compared to road transport.

    The only reason a coach is cheaper than a train, ignoring the suggestions in the 1998 song by Divine Comedy, is that the road is very busy, and in effect more people are paying for it. The rail user it seems, is paying for the whole train.
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