I think you have AC and DC reversed in part of that - you don't rectify DC

I'm not sure on diesel - yeah, they'd use it if available, but you're
still lugging around trainloads of fuel or lugging trainloads of
batteries. Yeah, diesel is more concentrated power storage by weight
and volume, but in this case solar would be cheaper

Dunno.

I can see the Darksiders using diesel though.
Or some kind of compressed volcanic gas system.

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 1:14 PM, David Shaw <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> True, but then again, it's good enough for the London Underground, to name
> but one system. In fact, the main reasons for choosing AC over DC are that
> AC allows longer (or heavier) and more frequent trains and that the
> infrastructure is somewhat simpler as AC can be fed direct to the train,
> while DC needs to be rectified and conditioned to remove power spikes.
>
> If there's sufficient available hydrocarbons on planet, they'd go diesel,
> anyway. Then all that money spent on hauling heavy batteries around could be
> better used elsewhere.
>
> David Shaw
>
> On 5 Mar 2017 17:59, "Jeffrey Schwartz" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> DC losses in transmission make Third Rail not so good.
>> Add in there's no (or few) generators in the city, so the power has to
>> be imported from the Noon Zone somehow.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 9:43 AM, David Shaw <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Much as I love the idea of battery cars, I can't help but think that 3rd
>> > rail DC power would be adopted instead. But then again, we Humans have
>> > come
>> > up with much stranger ideas.
>> >
>> > David Shaw
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5 Mar 2017 14:04, "Jeffrey Schwartz" <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Battery cars become another line of trade at some point - Due to the
>> > high winds at some parts of the year, stringing high tension lines
>> > doesn't work well, and even if they did AC power isn't commonly used -
>> > the idea of "cyclic" isn't as ingrained into the local thought process
>> > without a day/night cycle, so they haven't really clicked on the idea
>> > so there's locomotives that shuttle trains of them from the cities
>> > back into the Noon Zone to recharge, then back to the city.
>> >
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