Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open spaces for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency diesel engines...
A bigger machine without having to put a bigger diesel engine because a smaller diesel powerplant running electric motors will do the same job is better for the environment. Less diesel burned to do the same job when you are talking about industry that runs 24/7 means less pollution.
If it takes off, it also represents a bit of demand destruction right? If this version works well and more efficiently companies might switch over when diesel is expensive and not switch back if it gets cheap.
A bigger machine without having to put a bigger diesel engine because a smaller diesel powerplant running electric motors will do the same job is better for the environment. Less diesel burned to do the same job when you are talking about industry that runs 24/7 means less pollution.
If it takes off, it also represents a bit of demand destruction right? If this version works well and more efficiently companies might switch over when diesel is expensive and not switch back if it gets cheap.