Eco Factor: High-speed traveling can be eco-friendly too with such bullet trains feeding on renewable energy resources. Since childhood, I have been in awe of bullet trains. Those days, it was unimaginable to think of traveling on such speeding trains when all that we had were electric chuk-chuks. However times have changed and so has the speed of normal trains. Bullet trains too have undergone brilliant green changes. People can now travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a short span of less then three hours via the high-speed bullet train. And as this bullet shoots on tracks, it will not leave an inch of carbon footprint behind. Unlike the high-speed, fuel guzzling aircraft that are the culprits for air pollution. Intended to use about 3,350 GWh (at 220 MPH) per annum, studies reveal that this amount of energy requirement is just one percent of the whole state’s energy consumption. So it won’t be a hurdle for the authorities too. By 2030, you can travel green by this 800-mile bullet train system that can ferry up to 100 million passengers per year. If only you reside in that corner of the globe. The Dark Side: I’d have to be dumb to criticize this kind of uber-green high-speed traveling alternative. I can only pray that such trains increase in numbers. Via: CleanTechnica
