Renewable Revolutionary Railroad Renaissance

Iro bhuku riri kuuya kubva kumugadziri wekugadzira uye kayaktivist extraordinaire Bill Moyer nevamwe vake Backbone Campaign vanofanirwa kugadzirisa United States uye kudzikisira kurwiswa kuri kuuya kwekutambudzika kwemamiriro ekunze. Inonzi Solutionary Rail: A People Powered Campaign yeElectrify America's Railroads uye Vhura Corridors kune Yakachena Simba Remangwana..

Heino pfungwa. Kune mukana wakakura wesimba rezuva nemhepo munzvimbo dzakavhurika dzeUnited States. Panodiwa nzira dzekufambisira nadzo magetsi anogadzirwazve kune anodiwa mumaguta makuru nemataundi madiki. Zvichakadaro, njanji dzenjanji dzisingasashandiswe dzakatekeshera munyika yose. Sezvo marasha nemafuta ekushandisa anodonha, iwo mitsetse ichave yakanyanya kushandiswa-pasi, kunze kwekunge tachinja chimwe chinhu. Asi, zvitima zvinoshanda zvakanyanya kupfuura marori kunyange iye zvino, uye zvinganyanya kudaro kana zvakaiswa magetsi. Saka, tinofanira kufambisa tambo dzemagetsi tichitevedza njanji dzichangovandudzwa, uye kushandisa mamwe magetsi kugezesa zvitima zvakawanda.

Nekuisa magetsi njanji, unoita kuti njanji isadhure pamwe nekuchenesa. Nekuvandudzwa kwemateki iwe zvakare unozviita nekukurumidza. Zvimwe zvinotakura zvinhu uye vafambi vanowana nzira yavo yenjanji. Mamwe mabasa anogadzirwa mune renewable energy. Vanhu vanogara pedyo nezvitima vanowana nzvimbo yakachena uye ine runyararo. Kufamba kwemigwagwa kuri kushomeka mumigwagwa mikuru, zvichideredza tsaona, kufa, kukuvara, uye kusakara uye kusakara mumigwagwa. Zvitima zvemagetsi zvinodhura zvishoma, zvinotora zvishoma kugadzirisa, uye zvinogara kwenguva refu. Regenerative braking inogona kuburitsa simba rakawanda.

Iyi ndiyo mhinduro yekusvibiswa kwemhepo, asi mabhenefiti ayo anongoramba achiwanda. Chitima chemagetsi chakafanana nehemp yezvivakwa. Nekukurumidza, zvitima zvinoshanda zvakanyanya zvaizotora zvinhu kubva kumarori nendege, uye vanhu kubva mundege nemota. Zvitima zvemagetsi zvinotanga nekumira nekukurumidza uye zvinogona kumhanya zvakanyanya pamwe chete kupfuura zvitima zvedhiziri. Vanomhanya zviri nani pamagiredhi. Vanogona kumhanya nekukurumidza kupfuura zvitima zveUS zvazvino pamateki akakwidziridzwa aripo. Kudzoreredza kana kuwedzera matiraki maviri kunopa katatu kana kana kugona kweiyo track imwe chete.

Kunze kwekunge uchifamba uchiyambuka United States, kune chero rwendo rupfupi, chitima chinokurumidza kubva kudhorobha kuenda kudhorobha chichataridzika zvakanyanya kukwezva kana imwe nzira iri yekukwira ndege inosanganisira: kuenda kunhandare yendege, kurapwa. semufungidziri wehugandanga, maawa ekumirira, kubhururuka kuenda kuguta riri kunze-nzira kumirira mamwe maawa achichinja ndege, kusambove nechokwadi chekuti uchasvika panguva, kutenga matikiti anodhura zvakanyanya, kupinda muchigaro chidiki pasina mukana. kufamba-famba, chikafu chendege panzvimbo yemota yekudyira, internet ine ruzha, zviziviso zvinosemesa, uye ruzivo rwekuti uri kubatsira zvikuru mukuparara kwemamiriro ekunze epasi.

Solutionary Rail inoronga hurongwa hwekuchinja kwakarurama kune mhepo- uye solar-topia iyo inofungidzira, ichifunga nezvekodzero dzevashandi, yeavo vanogara pedyo nemitsetse yechitima, nezvimwewo. Uyewo inoda kunyatsodzidza, ndinofunga, kudzivirirwa. yehutano hwevatakuri vanochengetedza pedyo netambo dzemagetsi epamusoro-soro. Asi pane matambudziko makuru ehutano akagadzirwa nekunonoka kuenda kune njanji yemhinduro, uye kune nzira dzekuti pfungwa yekuchinja kwakaringana ingawedzerwe kupfuura chiono chebhuku rino.

Mazana evagari vomuUnited States vanofa gore negore mutsaona dzemotokari dzinosanganisira marori makuru kupfuura vanourayiwa nougandanga hwokune dzimwe nyika. Zvakadaro United States inoshandisa kutyisidzira kwehugandanga hwekune dzimwe nyika kururamisa kurasa mari inosvika madhora miriyoni imwe pagore mugadziriro dzehondo dzinounza kutyisidzira kwehugandanga. Dai njanji yemagetsi yaive chikamu chekuchinja kubva pakubata hondo sechirongwa chedu cheruzhinji uye takananga kubata kuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza sekudaro, chiyero chechiono chaizowedzerwa zvakanyanya.

Moyer et al kurudzira kutanga nenjanji imwe chete semuenzaniso weprojekiti kukwezva mari yakawanda. Vanoshushikana kuti mamaira mazana mashanu anogona kuita $500 bhiriyoni. Vanocherekedza kuti chirongwa che 1.25-mamaira chakakwira-kumhanya muCalifornia chinofungidzirwa kuita $800 bhiriyoni. Vanokurudzira kudyidzana pakati peveruzhinji nevega uye budiriro inowedzerwa. Asi vanocherekedzawo kuti, sezvakaita mamwe mapurojekiti mazhinji ayo Europe neAsia zvino kutungamira nzira, United States yaive mutungamiri munjanji dzemagetsi makore anopfuura zana apfuura. Chakaita kuti migwagwa mikuru inakire muUnited States kwaiva kunyanya kudyara mari kweveruzhinji mumigwagwa mikuru yemahara.

Kutsanangura 800 mamaira echitima chinomhanya muCalifornia se "chimwe chezvirongwa zvinodhura zveveruzhinji munhoroondo yeUS," se. Solutionary Rail inoita, inoda kuve qualified. Ini ndaizoidaidza kuti imwe yemapurojekiti emabasa eruzhinji anodhura anoshandira chimwe chinangwa uye asina kutsaurirwa kuuraya vanhu vakawanda munhoroondo yeUS. Mutengo weiyo dinky diki purojekiti ihomwe shanduko yePentagon. Kana iwe uchikwanisa kumhanyisa magetsi anovandudzwa pamwe chete ne500 mamaira emagetsi chitima track yemadhora 1.25 bhiriyoni, zvino yegumi muzana yemari yemauto eUS (iyo yakapetwa kaviri kubva 10 panguva ye "hondo yehugandanga" iyo yakawedzera hugandanga) unogona kuita 2001 mamaira.

Ndiko kungava kutanga kwakanaka. Chinhu muhondo pamusoro pemafuta zvataigona kurega. Chikonzero mukuderedza kushandiswa kwemafuta nemauto. Factor mu mabhenefiti makuru ehupfumi yekudyara musimba rakachena maringe nekushandisa muchiuto. Zvakanakira ramba uchingouya.

Solutionary Rail inyanzvi. Masangano evashandi vezvitima atopinda. Mablurbs ari kumberi kwebhuku, uye sumo yaBill McKibben inoti zvese ipfungwa nyowani uye kuti munhu wese anga achizviita muEurope kwenguva yakareba. Ndinofunga kuti ndizvozvo. Zvitima zvizhinji zvatinofarira kukwira kune dzimwe nyika ndezvemagetsi. Pfungwa yekuve nezvinhu zvakadaro muUnited States, uye yekuzvishandisa senzira yekubatanidza huwandu husingaverengeki hwemhepo uye simba rezuva, ndeyekuchinja.

Pandinokwira chitima chinononoka, chinodhura, chisina internet kusvika kuguta guru reUS kubva kuVirginia, chinoshandisa dhiziri. Ipapo inogara muUnion Station kwenguva yakareba ivo vachiichinjisa kumagetsi isati yaenderera kuchamhembe. Kuunza magetsi maodzanyemba pamwe nekuchamhembe kungava budiriro inogamuchirwa zvikuru, mukuchinjana nazvo ndingada kusiya maviri kana matatu kana kuti zviuru zvishanu zvemasoja.