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mkwadee@diasp.eu
Khurram Wadee

I have often looked sadly at the state of #Railways in the #UK for decades. It has been under invested in by governments and by private companies and progress has been painfully slow. There is still a glimmer of hope though in terms of the #Electrification of lines in #GreatBritain at least. Not only can we power trains with #LowCarbon or #RenewableEnergy source but #ElectricLocomotives are lighter than their diesel counterparts and so consume less power and also inflict less wear on the rail infrastructure.

This is the current state of affairs and like most things in the country, it seems a bit ad hoc and compromised by cut backs to initial plans. For example, back in the '90s, I saw ambitious plans to electrify most lines by 2025 but that's right on us now.
Current extent of electrified railway lines in Britain

Here is a plan for 2050.
Planned expansion of electrified lines by 2050 in Britain
And the key is here.
Key to the coloured lines

How many of these proposed expanded lines we'll actually get is the biggest question but electrification is a way to invest in lower carbon #Transport future.
https://railmap.azurewebsites.net/Public/ElectrificationMap

#Environment #PublicTransport #TransportPolicy

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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad 🆓🇵🇸 ☮️Now

Car parks with space for 80 cars or more in France are now required by law to be covered with solar panels.

  • Parks between 80-400 spaces have 5 years to comply
  • Parks with spaces of 400+ have 3 years to comply

This will result in about 11 gigawatts of power.
Imagine if places like US would embrace this and help keep cars cool while generating electricity. Or adding solar panels on top of all the ridiculously giant shopping malls, would create enough electricity to cut their power consumption by a huge percentage.

#ClimateCrisis #Mitigation #Electrification #SolarPanels #SolarFarm #ParkingSpace #Europe #France #Environment #Economy

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