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| Originally Posted by 888heaven [Commuting by train cost me £90 a month. The trains are always late and they stink. But at least I keep my car off the roads. And if in 10 years I feel it's time to give up biking because the situation is getting worse and worse, then I'll do it.]
Are trains that fuel effeceint they use huge amounts of fossilfuels even when there empty even if all the trains were stationary the network is still using electricity. |
I'm sure the old British trains must not be very fuel efficient. But I don't think they use more fuel whether I'm on them or not.
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| Originally Posted by 888heaven 95% of the time there passenger free its only at peek time that the cost/mile equals out in co2 emmisions compared to other forms of transport. |
I think you missed the point here. I didn't say trains were environnemtaly friendly. To me the ONLY advantage (from an environnemental point of view) to commuting by train is to keep my car off the road. Each day I take a train, I'm not using my car for one hour.