The Rise of the geek

April 30th, 2007

OMFG I am a train spotter

As I write this my partner Jodi is whizzing cross country from Liverpool to London on the Virgin Pendolino tilting train.

She is speaking at a conference tomorrow, and during our text chat I asked what train she was on, so I could get a picture and shoot it back to her.
Geek

Nice pic, she then asked me if there was any stats. Geek

The technology of the day has turned me into a cyber trainspotter and I love it. I now know for example that the pendolino has a top speed of 135mph up from 125mph after track upgrades in 2005. It has seating for 439 passengers, but averages 224 per train, and emits 76% less CO2 than same journey by car or plane. This stat comes from a study by ECCM Ltd based on flights between London, Manchester, Glasgow and Liverpool. Are we to assume from this that cars produce the same emissions as planes.

Re-calculate your carbon footprint and re-book your overseas holidays..

Note: If you had wondered what OMFG is an abbreviation for, here is the long winded version to clarify.

Obscurus Mesozoic Fenestrosaurus Gizzard

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