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Richard Branson's low-key pledge to invest all profits from rail and air interests into renewable energy initiatives for the next 10 years looks generous: it's hard to think of another British company offering anything altruistic on that potential scale. On the railways, it would be interesting to know whether there is scope for electrifying more of the network; Virgin's Voyagers need 3 diesel engines to match the speed and power of their electric Pendolinos but obviously a lot of their network is on unelectrified lines.