NEI Nuclear Notes

Trains that travel via electric power are “green,”  as we currently accept the the term, because they do not use (much) diesel fuel. And, if the electricity they use is not generated by a carbon emitting source, it’s like hitting the daily double of greeniness. An advertising bonanza. Rooty-toot-toot! Now if train food were improved, they could also eliminate the methane problem, but one emission at a time. We frankly don’t know which American trains might qualify for this designation, but this story from The Guardian covers the European scene . Travelling by train is the green way to go. In the month when the government seems set on railroading us into a third Heathrow runway , even ministers will agree on that. You can "travel greener" with Arriva to Wales . Or hop aboard Eurostar, which claims to "generate 10 times less CO2 than flying" to Paris . Or emit "78% less" than flying if you take one of Virgin's tilting Pendolino trains to Glasgow...