Fair enough using that overhead wire system apparently can scale economically to thousands of kilometers and already has in Siberia. If we follow that model for upgrading existing Canadian rail: Single track: about C$100 to 120 million per 100 km Double track: about C$180 to 220 million per 100 km Those are good hardware-heavy corridor numbers for wire, poles, substations, and power hookup on a reasonably straightforward existing alignment.
I hear you, if we follow the Siberian model we can do it. Just not like maglev or light rail or any of the other super expensive implementations.
With Siberian style we can get for upgrading existing Canadian rail: Single track: about C$100 to 120 million per 100 km Double track: about C$180 to 220 million per 100 km Those are good hardware-heavy corridor numbers for wire, poles, substations, and power hookup on a reasonably straightforward existing alignment.
Okay bro your numbers are crazy whatever you are suggesting is not gonna happen we can’t spend billions per hundred kilometers that is totally unsustainable.
If we follow the Siberian electrification model for upgrading existing Canadian rail: Single track: about C$100 to 120 million per 100 km Double track: about C$180 to 220 million per 100 km Those are good hardware-heavy corridor numbers for wire, poles, substations, and power hookup on a reasonably straightforward existing alignment.
Okay yeah if we do it Siberian style that is proven method so should be fine for Canada, which is much smaller and warmer country.
Alright you convinced me if we follow their design we can do it.
On the Trans-Siberian Railway, the electricity is not in the rail itself. ✔ How it actually works Power comes from an overhead wire (called a catenary) The train has a pantograph on top The pantograph presses upward and draws electricity from the wire The steel rails are used as the return path (ground)
The maintenance nightmare is the main problem on any long track. Electric trains are fine within a municipality because it is short distances and frequent stops. For a Go train that goes from Barrie to Toronto traditional rail is the only thing that makes sense. We are running out of diesel globally, our total fossil liquids production is on pace to be 60% lower by 2050. With every 5% reduction in oil production prices go up 50%. As you may have noticed it starting with Hormuz. Which is still being mediated by reserve releases But if Hormuz stays closed for 3-6 months we could see prices rise 200% to $3-4/lt
Power to the standard rail is massive infrastructure. We need rail between all municipalities basically. Oil is going away. At 3-5$ a litre it will be too expensive for people to commute to work. And we will need rail lines between all municipalities in Canada as traditional rail is the most energy efficient transportation system we have ever developed.
I think let her have it if she wants it.
Sounds interesting. I am planning similar thing in Owen Sound with mills and cold store rooms etc. So we can localize the food supply chain.
how about probably never? electric trains not really viable. hydrogen maybe. but the rail should be just simple traditional rail in Canada. all those fancy rails are just a maintenance nightmare, and much more energy intensive.
Land hoarding is the problem.
I’m very confused by why it says 84k lost, but then it says 100k full time were lost. then wouldn’t the job losses be at least 100k?
I made this video in Canada.
Until we have human right to land and thus Canadians are allowed to settle in the Arctic it may as well be some other nations land.
He dies like every year or so, there have been many Wiarton Willies and will be many more. sometimes he doesn’t even make it groundhog day, and they have a groundhog funeral instead lol.
Only way to improve our food security is human right to land.