NY Times | Travelers Shift to Rail
Link. Found this article again after reading it about two weeks ago, and it provides this little factoid that I think is rather important:
"The railroad is not radically more energy-efficient than other means of travel. Amtrak can move a passenger a mile with 17.4 percent less fuel than a passenger car can, and about 32.9 percent less than an airline can, according to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory."Can someone define 'radically' for me, because 17% and 33% seems like pretty sizable savings to me.