Europe, China, & India Can Electrify All Rail, Why Can't The US?

08 Feb 2023 | Abstracted from Clean Technica

"China and Europe run massively more freight across electrified rail than the US. The three regions have 1.8 times as many miles of rail as America...

"...the US has one other way it's unique compared to these regions. All of the rails are owned by private companies, not the government, and they refuse to electrify them."

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