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Network Rail electricity bill more than doubled in two years | New Civil Engineer (www.newcivilengineer.com)

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[–] Mex 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I did think not mentioning other fuels in use was a bit of an oversight

[–] HumanPenguin 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the cost of electricity is a clear issue. But then so is diesel and LPG for the same reasons exactly.

We can and are making our own electricity, This is just an argument to invest more and pull digits out.

If we updated the grid and started running buses the same way (charging motorways and a road with batteries), we could be a large step towards reducing fossil fuel.

There was an article some time recently about an EU nation building a charging motorway.