Sure, but sometimes it takes a while to figure out which use cases a given technology is best for. Just because it’s new doesn’t mean it should replace existing solutions for all possible cases. The horse-drawn carriages is just a case where the replacements were much better, but that’s not always going to be the case.
Yeah but they apparently are convinced it will be feasible enough to actually build that. I can see the potential too for city trains, since the electric grid is the most complicated and vulnerable part of it, if we remove that from the equation, city train lines became much easier to build and maintain.
If nothing else, it’s good to try it out to see how well it works. As you said, the electric grid is a significant vulnerability. When we recently had a cold snap, the light rail line shut down briefly because they could not keep the overhead lines sufficiently ice free.
Sure, but sometimes it takes a while to figure out which use cases a given technology is best for. Just because it’s new doesn’t mean it should replace existing solutions for all possible cases. The horse-drawn carriages is just a case where the replacements were much better, but that’s not always going to be the case.
Yeah but they apparently are convinced it will be feasible enough to actually build that. I can see the potential too for city trains, since the electric grid is the most complicated and vulnerable part of it, if we remove that from the equation, city train lines became much easier to build and maintain.
If nothing else, it’s good to try it out to see how well it works. As you said, the electric grid is a significant vulnerability. When we recently had a cold snap, the light rail line shut down briefly because they could not keep the overhead lines sufficiently ice free.