In climate terms, coal is the most damaging fossil fuel there is, and despite all the assertions from industry and government, the "carbon capture and storage" technology required to make coal "clean" does not exist.
What do you think? Do pure heritage railways using steam have any future? Please post comments in the comments section!
Heritage railways are to popular to be allowed to die out. Imgaine Minehead without the West Somerset Railway or Sheringham without the North Norfolk Railway. They would have some tourism due to their costal locations but the railways draw in huge crowds to see steam trains in action. And when coal does run out steam locomotives can be operated on wood but the amount of wood needed will be much higher. It will be another strain on the planets eco-systems but at least wood is renewable and could be cultivated in forests specificaly for the use on railways. After one tree falls a new once can be planted in it's place keeping the forest alive and with new life. Also how about burning rubish? It needs to go somewhere when landfils fill up.
ReplyDeleteCoal will not rn out.We are living on hundreds of years of coal.The ability to mine it is a problem,together with the actions of the environmental police,who will not allow the use of it.
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