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despite having higher initial infrastructure costs to build because of overhead lines and electric substations, electric locomotives usually cost 20% less than diesel locomotives, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. They offer superior performance and efficiency over diesel, featuring over 90% energy efficiency, higher acceleration and hauling power, lower operating costs (25%-35% less maintenance and costing up to 50% less to run) and zero tailpipe emissions. Electric locomotives don’t carry the weight of 3,000 to 5,500 gallons of diesel fuel. They surpass diesel locomotives while pulling urban and commuter trains, as well as pulling heavier freight trains because of their ability to be quieter with steady and high torque.

Source: Duluth-to-Minneapolis Electric Train Doesn’t Have to be a Dream – Streets.mn

We should be running an electrification conversion across our entire rail infrastructure.

If US educational leaders were to consult their Swedish colleagues, the advice they’d likely get is not to remove digital technology whole cloth. “The goal is recalibration rather than reversal,” wrote Fälth. This was echoed in a statement sent to Undark by the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research: The “Swedish government believes that digitalization is fundamentally important and beneficial, but the use of digital tools in schools must be carried out carefully and thoughtfully.”

Source: Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom – Ars Technica

Just posting another article on this…