Re: Fate of 85/86 class

["John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

 > And also, whatever happened to environmental resposibility? The
> electrics are much cleaner than any diesel will ever be. While cheaper,
> diesel produces noxious gases and carcinogens aplenty and considering
> the scale at which the diesels are used in Sydney (where electrics could
> be used) that's a huge contribution to pollution levels.

True, it's a lot easier to control the emissions out of 2 or 3 smokestacks
at the power station, than it is to control a fleet of diesels....
BUT, what is a worse pollutant?  Is it diesel exhausts or common-or-garden
 super and unleaded engines?


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John McCandless
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
Cloncurry Qld Au