Comment by msandford
5 hours ago
I've seen a couple of videos and I think you've missed some information, at least if we're talking about the same thing. The train is specific for a bunch of flag stop people along it, small locomotive and only a few cars. It might not be as sustainable as walking to the store but it's probably on par with driving an SUV to Costco weekly, especially when a lot of stuff at Costco is trucked not rail.
I just think the following two things are mutually exclusive:
- requiring a private diesel train, operated and subsidised by the government for a economically unviable number of people, in order to survive
- living off grid in a sustainable manner
To me off-grid sustainability isn’t just “carbon neutral”, it’s being able to exist somewhere without assistance from the wider society.
And what amounts to a private train is an egregious amount of assistance, IMO.