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Old Posted Jul 6, 2010, 8:30 PM
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Originally Posted by llamaorama View Post
Find out the average number of passengers on board each train, and divide that by the amount of electrical energy needed to power the train. Then, compare it to the same figure but with the same passengers driving plug-in electric cars instead. Then, factor in the amount of money, energy, materials, and time needed to construct the roadways used by those people as opposed to the amount of resources that went into constructing the train system.

What would the results be? I can't make a guess either way.
Don't forget parking.
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