Nope - I didn't ask to include train stations. You can include runways only.
I have no idea about the numbers, but it wouldn't surprise me if including building the railroads and maintenance would make plane and (electric) train equal. You don't want to know the amount of diesel smoke that's coming from the nearby railroad reconstruction.
Why would you include railways and runways but not train stations and airports?
It's not possible to create a new destination, add additional capacity to an existing destination, or maintain existing capacity without additional costs to all major parts of the infrastructure, for both trains and planes.
The thing is, the cost of building rails is amortized over, in some cases, well over a hundred years. Most of train travels emissions are fixed emissions, marginal emissions being much lower. On the flipside, air travel has a much smaller fixed emissions amount but drastically higher marginal emissions.
Also, it is not my particular field of engineering but there is likely no scenario where fuel efficiency of planes is better than trains. That you can find sources for pretty easily.
emteycz|5 years ago
I have no idea about the numbers, but it wouldn't surprise me if including building the railroads and maintenance would make plane and (electric) train equal. You don't want to know the amount of diesel smoke that's coming from the nearby railroad reconstruction.
I wonder where could one find this data
Asraelite|5 years ago
It's not possible to create a new destination, add additional capacity to an existing destination, or maintain existing capacity without additional costs to all major parts of the infrastructure, for both trains and planes.
loufe|5 years ago
Also, it is not my particular field of engineering but there is likely no scenario where fuel efficiency of planes is better than trains. That you can find sources for pretty easily.