It isn't clear that electric is a lower carbon footprint, right? What if the electricity is generated at a coal plant?
Intuitively the train should be more efficient, right? So the question imo is why does the data say otherwise:
Is there less market pressure to make efficient trains? Is this data wrong? Is this intuition wrong?
(edit to include questioning the intuition itself, i.e. based on the reply comment)
Intuitively the train should be more efficient, right? So the question imo is why does the data say otherwise: Is there less market pressure to make efficient trains? Is this data wrong? Is this intuition wrong?
(edit to include questioning the intuition itself, i.e. based on the reply comment)