I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but our province (Alberta) has a hydrogen strategy which includes trucks and trains. Hydrogen is a byproduct of natural gas - of which we have plenty here - and as the world moves away from O&G, we need to keep our industry up and the money rolling in.
I don't know who funded this particular locomotive, but it would not surprise me in the least to find out there was some sort of provincial incentives behind this.
Not that I believe this is wrong in the least, I'm interested to see how this all works out as we go forward.
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I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but our province (Alberta) has a hydrogen strategy which includes trucks and trains. Hydrogen is a byproduct of natural gas - of which we have plenty here - and as the world moves away from O&G, we need to keep our industry up and the money rolling in.
I don't know who funded this particular locomotive, but it would not surprise me in the least to find out there was some sort of provincial incentives behind this.
Not that I believe this is wrong in the least, I'm interested to see how this all works out as we go forward.