[SteveH]

perhaps california’s angle is to force interstate adoption of overhead electrified rail lines (a la much of the rest of the world).

san mateo peninsula already has overhead electrified rail in progress, running from san francisco to gilroy, scheduled for completion in september 2024:

https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification

https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification/project-benefits/caltrain-electrified-service-plan

presumably, the caltrain project will be targeted for passenger rail traffic only at this stage of implementation.

[hanamizu]

“...perhaps california’s angle is to force interstate adoption of overhead electrified rail lines...”

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Yes, that would be great. But are the power plants generating the electricity also ‘zero emission’? If not, then what’s the point?

[DesertRhino]

Great idea. Until you stop to think that PG&E is already stretched far beyond it’s capacity, has to conduct shutdowns constantly during the summer, and President rutabaga says all cars have to be electric.

They are shutting down the nuclear, they hate gas, they have exactly ONE coal fired plant, they have removed 79 dams and hate storing water.

Where is the electricity for trains going to come from?