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Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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> The trains run all day during park hours and can burn through up to four tons of coal per day and 4000 gallons of water. Oof. That's a lot of coal. ~ 1000 tons of coal/year or the CO2 equivalent of 10 million miles of driving. Edit: corrected math

I'd love to see the system of mathematics where 4 times 365 comes out to one million. Maybe I can get my bank to use the same system.

Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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post #4

> The trains run all day during park hours and can burn through up to four tons of coal per day and 4000 gallons of water. Oof. That's a lot of coal. ~ 1000 tons of coal/year or the CO2 equivalent of 10 million miles of driving. Edit: corrected math

4 * 365 ~= 1500 tons

Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

#13
post #4

> The trains run all day during park hours and can burn through up to four tons of coal per day and 4000 gallons of water. Oof. That's a lot of coal. ~ 1000 tons of coal/year or the CO2 equivalent of 10 million miles of driving. Edit: corrected math

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Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

#14
post #4

> The trains run all day during park hours and can burn through up to four tons of coal per day and 4000 gallons of water. Oof. That's a lot of coal. ~ 1000 tons of coal/year or the CO2 equivalent of 10 million miles of driving. Edit: corrected math

I'd love to see the system of mathematics where 4 times 365 comes out to one million. Maybe I can get my bank to use the same system.

They do: inflation + compound interest!

Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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Took the family to Dollywood this year and it was by far the best run theme park I've been to. I was amazed at the cleanliness, friendliness of the staff, and how well maintained everything was. The train was really cool too. One of only two times I've been able to see a real coal fired steam engine functioning.

Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

#16
I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say.

Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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post #16

I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say.

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Re: Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express

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Dollywood is great, but unfortunately the article gradually shifts into bashing Tennessee and America for not using enough passenger rail. That train left the station a long time ago. Car ownership is very high, sprawl is very high. We do not have urban cores with the same density or concentration of business districts as European or Asian cities. Most of the time buses make more sense for public transportation in America, but even those often get low ridership. It's likely we'll shift towards autonomous mini-buses and electric over the next couple of decades and unlikely that anything changes significantly wrt passenger rail. There are real structural and societal differences here.

I say that and at the same time, I'd love it if Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga were all connected by a high speed rail line (and on down to Atlanta from there). I just don't see the will to get it done.

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