Woody13
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The monorails at WDW use huge amounts of electricity. That electricity comes from Reedy Creek Energy Services and the public power grid. The electric generating plants use coal and natural gas to generate that power. Therefore, massive pollution is caused by the monorails. The pollution is just generated off site. Comparatively, the buses are a lot cleaner than the monorails. Expanding the monorail system would cause more pollution than expanding the bus system.Tigerdaly said:A number of you have started to spout large numbers (without substance) and have already decided whether Disney can afford it.
Has anyone yet looked at the enviromental impacts.
I am from Europe and from a country who is taking the needs of the enviroment very seriously. Our planet is dying.........................
Running hundreds of buses around belching fumes (and some are quite spectacular at it) is not good for the planet.
You never know Monorails with there increased capacity over a bus might just help us all in the long-run.
The monorail along with Epcot were supposed to show how advanced in thinking the Disney empire really is. It would be a shame not exploit this wonder of design and show the world that cloud belching antiquated inefficient buses are out and perhaps self generated electric monorails are the way to go.
Also remember large business's run each project on a "Return on assets" basis, which doesnt mean how much an item costs, that is irrelevant. It means how quickly will it pay for its self. Unfortunatly the monorail is free to guests so return is limited to perhaps advertising. The first sections that were installed were purely innovative, from now on it need to be profitable to cover costs.
But hey, how much does it cost to help save a dying planet..............:wave:
The monorail has never been free, nor is any other form of transportation at WDW. The cost of transportation is included in the cost of your admission media. Transportation at WDW is its own separate division within the company. :wave: