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OT: Rail verses truck - in greeness      3-Nov-09 03:13 pm    
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Warren Buffets comments about rail made me curious enough to look this up.

State-of-the-art Trucks Approach Rail's Efficiency Numbers
State-of-the-art trucks can begin to approach the ton-miles per gallon of trains (350+ ton-miles for trucks vs. 400 to 450 ton-miles for rail).

RMI's 2008 peer-reviewed analysis, based on tested science, found a combination of improved aerodynamics, low rolling resisitance tires, and more efficient engines could more than double the ton-mileage of the average class 8 truck from 130 ton-mile per gallon to 275 ton-mile/gallon.


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What is greener is often surprising.
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OT: Rail verses truck - in greeness
jwogdn Not rated 3-Nov-09 03:13 pm  
 
Hmmm, this says that Buffet is essentially betting...
codehead_1 (1 Rating) 3-Nov-09 03:53 pm  
 
I love that sentence in there - "Trucks don't need...
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More on Buffet's purchase: ...
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