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In the face of the relative energy efficiency of rail, why has road haulage prevailed for a high portion of Australias mining haulage tasks and why is it still reliant on diesel?
Nationally, trucks carry 35 per cent of the freight tonne kilometres and rail 40 per cent but the road haulage task uses 5.7 times more energy, all in the form of diesel.
In terms of energy and CO2 emissions the arguments for rail/line over road bulk haulage are clear-cut. For heavy bulk haulage over distances of 400-600 km and load factors of 0.5
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