14. The train is the most economical transport mode in terms of energy consumption per person transported.

True On the Paris-Marseille route, consumption in kep1 / passenger is 32.2 for the airplane, 28.8 for the car, and 9.6 for the TGV.

I find this interesting. This summer, we shall be taking the car from Preston to southern Bavaria, a distance of roughly 900 miles each way. There will be three of us in the car.

I suppose the difference is that most trains will travel whether I use them or not. In general, my car will only travel when I’m inside it. (That’s not so much a high-tech anti-theft system as the fact that Kate has her own, more stylish vehicle.)

However, this does suggest that the mathematics of train pricing is way out. If we travel from Preston to Leigh-on-Sea by train this Easter it will cost us £110.25 for the Saver Return using a Family Railcard.

If I travel on my own, by train, it will cost me £73 for the Saver Return. Or around £62 to take the car. If I fill the car with people, it will cost me around £62. Surely it would make sense to charge me less to take the train than the car.

I’m typing this on a computer powered by renewable energy, watching renewably-powered television but I cannot afford to travel by train. Sorry world.

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