Researchers show economic, environmental and grid-resilience benefits of converting diesel trains to battery-electric

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By mmillikinNov 24, 2021, 6:46 am1.2k ptsInteresting
In the US, diesel freight trains emit 35 million metric tons of CO2 annually and produce air pollution that leads to $6.5 billion in health costs, resulting in an estimated 1,000 premature deaths each year. Now, researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…

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