Japan launched its hybrid train
As reported by AP, Japan is to launch its hybrid train today at Nakagomi station. The train is expected to be 20% more fuel efficent and reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 60%. The key issue still remains the costs of train, estimated to be twice as much as a typical train of equivalent size. Still, it is encouraging to see that countries are taking the global warming issue headon, even within transportation areas that are not considered heavy CO2 producers (trains represent less than 5% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector).
