Editor’s Insight: KiwiRail embraces fossil fuel over billions for ‘green’ alternative
Converting the entire rail freight network to electricity would cost more than $4 billion.
KiwiRail’s decision to dump its unreliable electric freight trains for an all-diesel fleet is a major setback to the anti-fossil fuel brigade.
The partial electrification of the North Island’s main trunk line has been a costly failure and was the product of the Think Big fiasco of the
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Editor’s Insight: KiwiRail embraces fossil fuel over billions for ‘green’ alternative
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