Green | August 27, 2009 | 1 comment

High-Speed Rail's Sky-High Cost Makes It a Lousy Way to Get Carbon Cuts

source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/high-speed-trains-cost-too-much.php?dcitc=th_rss

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We've touted Obama's vision of high-speed trains in the U.S. and given the other high-speed leaders France and China tons of kudos for their high-speed dreams. Now here come the Swedes (who we generally look to for inspiration on the path to sustainability) raining all over the high-speed parade. The report's authors (the lofty-sounding Expert Group on Environmental Studies) say the money invested just in a high-speed train network in southern Sweden would yield 40 times more eco-benefit if put in...the global emissions trading system!

by April Streeter, Gothenburg, Sweden
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