David Nebenzahl wrote:
> sechumlib spake thus:
>
>> Bolwerk said:
>>
>>> Harnessing wind seems like a fairly realistic approach for transit,
>>> assuming there is a good source nearby.
>>
>> I don't get the impression wind provides enough power to get a transit
>> vehicle farther than about a block.
>
> Why are you assuming that the transit vehicle would *only* run on wind?
> That would be as ridiculous as assuming it could only run on dirty coal,
> or nucular, or ...
>
> That's why there's this thing called an *energy mix*. Like so much from
> fossil fuel, so much from solar, so much from wind, etc. All sources can
> make their contribution. Once it's in the network, who cares where those
> electrons came from?
It's perfectly reasonable to assume that it can operate on one type of
energy. The transit agency can contract with a specific supplier to
provide the energy they require from a certain power plant or energy
source. That is what energy deregulation is all about. |