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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr Electricity is made by burning a fuel. between the losses in burning the fuel, the losses in making steam and the losses in making electricity it is without a doubt the highest cost power source going so why not just burn it in a locomotive that doesn't need any outside sources? [/quote] Well, coal is cheap compared to oil, nuclear power is cheap compared to oil, and hydroelectric is cheap compared to oil. The economically efficient power sources aren't the ones that fit on a locomotive, except for coal and we gave that up. We are using a technology that exploits, at best, 36% of the energy available in the fuel, and avoiding a technology which delivers, even with transmission losses, considerably higher net energy efficiencies of conversion. The diesel electric locomotive is one of the single least economically efficient energy conversion machines in existence, and we have an important industry which has intentionally made itself completely dependent on it. Best regards, Michael Sol [/quote] Okay, say you electrify and are buying the juice at market prices - how long until the project starts turning a profit compared to the alternative of just adding more sidings, etc?
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