This is also true for cars, but electric cars are viable even though its the same comparison between energy density. Would you be willing to have this conversation with actual calculations and specified arguments regarding the numbers?
I like trains and I’m not American. You brought up energy density as the factor preventing long haul. Please don’t appeal to authority as the argument but rather state what you think the energy density needs to be and why to make electric long haul viable.
I’m curious what you think the energy density needs to be for it to be viable and why? The way I see it energy density is a very minor factor for this equation but I’m curious to hear your explanation.
I know that’s true in the US, but do you have a source for Europe on that?
The ones who disagree just say that “is not clearly visible in the data, yet” for anyone wondering.
If you go by simple physics it’s undeniable that it should be speeding up, there are just too many variations and the dataset is too small for some scientists to want to make such conclusive statements.
For the Americans wondering, yes we can do that in Sweden.
How about we both do the calculations and we cancel each others consultant fees?