The Green Machine

On an everyday basis, the train has become nothing more than an inconvenient stop on the way to work. With the industry taking more of a focus on being more environmentally friendly, people's conception of this loud and noxious contraption may soon change.

The new generations of green machine are expected to use 20-30% energy and run on biodiesel fuel and solar power. The Grona Taget or Green Train which was manufactured by the engineering company Bombardier has a recorded top speed of 183 mph and meets the requirements of existing models.

Preliminary testing on an existing Swedish railroad concludes that the green machine can realistically meet its aim of lowering energy consumption by up to 30% by making strategic changes to Bombardier's existing models. According to reliable sources the green train has also already broken two previous speed records in Sweden.

Although there are green machines in Europe similar to the Swedish developed ones, the new models are projected to be even faster and more energy efficient than the existing ones. It has become sort of an obsession. European governments have urged the use of bio-gas as a replacement for fossil fuels, and Sweden is at the forefront of this movement.

A green machine that runs on biogas is even greener than electric green trains which draw energy from unclean power sources as well as coming with the negative aspects of generating electricity in general. The switch from fossil fuels which are the major cause of pollution has been a breakthrough in slowing the deterioration of the earth. And although biodiesel is more expensive to produce than regular diesel, Swedish engineers don't seem to have a problem with spending millions in an attempt to make green trains at the cutting edge of technology yet again.