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Why You Should Love Trains

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Trains rock and roll around three or more times as fuel efficiently as trucks. Trains use just one gallon to move a ton 476 miles, using just 2 % of U.S. transportation fuel (USDOT 2012).

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    Alice J. Friedemann

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Friedemann, A.J. (2016). Why You Should Love Trains. In: When Trucks Stop Running. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26375-5_3

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