DC losses in transmission make Third Rail not so good.
Add in there's no (or few) generators in the city, so the power has to
be imported from the Noon Zone somehow.

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 9:43 AM, David Shaw <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Much as I love the idea of battery cars, I can't help but think that 3rd
> rail DC power would be adopted instead. But then again, we Humans have come
> up with much stranger ideas.
>
> David Shaw
>
>
> On 5 Mar 2017 14:04, "Jeffrey Schwartz" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Battery cars become another line of trade at some point - Due to the
> high winds at some parts of the year, stringing high tension lines
> doesn't work well, and even if they did AC power isn't commonly used -
> the idea of "cyclic" isn't as ingrained into the local thought process
> without a day/night cycle, so they haven't really clicked on the idea
> so there's locomotives that shuttle trains of them from the cities
> back into the Noon Zone to recharge, then back to the city.
>
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