• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Sure, and that’s not a bad thing. But what is revolutionary and newsworthy about what Barcelona is doing?

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        2 months ago

        Did you click on the article? It’s made very clear very early in the article that they have added regenerative braking systems to the trains. This is well established technology. It’s in every Prius since 1997 so I would think you wouldn’t be confused about whether this is perpetual motion or if they are making grand claims of net energy surplus. It doesn’t say any of that. It’s cool that they are applying the technology in this way. Why does this seem confusing to you?

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          Because it sounds like somebody just found out about the technology and decided to make an article about it like it’s some sort of new and novel thing, when it’s really not.

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            2 months ago

            I think you’re projecting those expectations onto it. I’m totally fine to hear that a notable city has successfully implemented a cool technology even if it’s not some world first for science, and I don’t think the headline overhypes this for what it is.

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        The revolution is that they are doing something that has existed since the early 1900s… But it’s in Barcelona so it’s chic.

        It’s cool and all that, and likely just a side effects of the new trains having that.