07-11-2008, 12:45 PM
Saya menemukan buku di perpustakaan kantor saya salah satu literatur yang membuktikan bahwa kereta api (diesel) lebih ramah lingkungan dibandingkan dengan pesawat terbang
. Buku ini berjudul "Earth Day Guide To Planet Repair". Halaman 74-77 buku tersebut berjudul "Trains and airplane". Karena sangat panjang, saya akan kutip beberapa kalimat saja, atau bila ada yang ingin membaca, saya titip fotokopi dari buku tersebut di sekretariat IRPS. Berikut ini beberapa kutipan dari buku tersebut:
"Aircraft emission have been doubling every decade, despite enormous increases in efficiency. The amount of fuel consumed per passenger mile has dropped more than 50 percent since 1970, partly because each plane carries more passenger. However, far more people are flying more miles, so total emission are soaring.
"as much as 10 percent of America's total greenhouse gas emission from all sources may come from airplanes-half as much as comes from road transport. That is because airplanes produce not just CO2 but also nitrogen oxides that are converted to ozone-a greenhouse gases-in the troposphere, because it harmful UV radiation.
"The most energy efficient way to move both people and goods between cities is by rail.By picking up and delivering passengers right from the heart of a city's business district, trains eliminate the time, expense, and CO2. Today;s diesel-electric locomotives are essentially small electric power plants that drive 4000 horsepower electric motors. Trains have more space to store hydrogen or methanol, and they would make an ideal vehicle to test medium-sized fuel cells.
. Buku ini berjudul "Earth Day Guide To Planet Repair". Halaman 74-77 buku tersebut berjudul "Trains and airplane". Karena sangat panjang, saya akan kutip beberapa kalimat saja, atau bila ada yang ingin membaca, saya titip fotokopi dari buku tersebut di sekretariat IRPS. Berikut ini beberapa kutipan dari buku tersebut:"Aircraft emission have been doubling every decade, despite enormous increases in efficiency. The amount of fuel consumed per passenger mile has dropped more than 50 percent since 1970, partly because each plane carries more passenger. However, far more people are flying more miles, so total emission are soaring.
"as much as 10 percent of America's total greenhouse gas emission from all sources may come from airplanes-half as much as comes from road transport. That is because airplanes produce not just CO2 but also nitrogen oxides that are converted to ozone-a greenhouse gases-in the troposphere, because it harmful UV radiation.
"The most energy efficient way to move both people and goods between cities is by rail.By picking up and delivering passengers right from the heart of a city's business district, trains eliminate the time, expense, and CO2. Today;s diesel-electric locomotives are essentially small electric power plants that drive 4000 horsepower electric motors. Trains have more space to store hydrogen or methanol, and they would make an ideal vehicle to test medium-sized fuel cells.
"Don't blame me, blame it to the train and the station..."



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