It could take the same route, just flattening out the hills and valleys.

If there are sharp corners that might not work, but even lower speed rail doesn’t really like sharp corners. They can be mitigated up to a certain point with banked curves.

It’s possible to upgrade a line like that, but it will involve a lot of cutting through hills or building bridges over valleys

Aka a TV remote

Also known as the “fuck everyone not in a car”-setting

Bleek toch niet zo leeg. Of in ieder geval niet zonder consequenties

Sure, but gathering wood takes a lot of effort and energy. It’s an option if you don’t have the filters, but the original question was why not distill if boiling and filtering ends up in “not great”.

If I have to survive, and I can do with boiling and filtering, I’ll take “not great” water over spending hours gathering and chopping wood to keep a fire going long enough to vaporize a liter of water.

And a massive amount of fuel.

Have you ever tried to evaporate a liter of water? It takes a lot of energy to do so. Fun for a science project, but if you need enough to stay alive/be comfortable, it’s a lot easier to bring water.

How many minutes would it be to cycle to work?