1) Investments in metro is cool. But they have financial sustainability problems. City governments need to invest in feeder buses to increase the utilisation of their metro networks.
2) I personally think nuclear is a waste of time and money. I don't think they will meet their cost and timeline estimates.
The article also claims that India is using different designs from different countries which is a big mistake. If you want to make nuclear work you need pick one design and keep building it multiple times.
I also am against nuclear for ideological reasons. All nuclear energy systems are a product of big government and/or corporatism. I'm more of a free market guy. But you guys are a socialist country so maybe you see it differently.
3) India should be moving towards a free market electricity system like Texas or Australia instead of relying on a public procurement system or vertically integrated private system. But again Indians are socialists so you might feel differently about this.
4) I don't think hydrogen is going be a useful product. I'm more a electrification maximalist. Even if it was the fuel of the future, other countries have more abundant and cheaper solar and wind potential than India.
Had a quick skim through it.
1) Investments in metro is cool. But they have financial sustainability problems. City governments need to invest in feeder buses to increase the utilisation of their metro networks.
2) I personally think nuclear is a waste of time and money. I don't think they will meet their cost and timeline estimates.
The article also claims that India is using different designs from different countries which is a big mistake. If you want to make nuclear work you need pick one design and keep building it multiple times.
I also am against nuclear for ideological reasons. All nuclear energy systems are a product of big government and/or corporatism. I'm more of a free market guy. But you guys are a socialist country so maybe you see it differently.
3) India should be moving towards a free market electricity system like Texas or Australia instead of relying on a public procurement system or vertically integrated private system. But again Indians are socialists so you might feel differently about this.
4) I don't think hydrogen is going be a useful product. I'm more a electrification maximalist. Even if it was the fuel of the future, other countries have more abundant and cheaper solar and wind potential than India.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240111104213/https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/12/20/why-are-indians-shunning-the-countrys-shiny-new-metro-lines
Article about the financial sustainability of metro projects in India.