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OKIsItJustMe
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Fri Dec-09-11 01:09 PM Original message |
For Midwesterners, more boxcars mean cleaner air (trains -vs- trucks) |
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Vincardog
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Fri Dec-09-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moving that same ton by barge would be even cleaner. Why don't we build more rivers? |
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OKIsItJustMe
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Fri Dec-09-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. (They’re called canals) |
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Vincardog
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Fri Dec-09-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I really doubt that. My point was that you can not just pick a transportation mode in ISOLATION. |
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OKIsItJustMe
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Fri Dec-09-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yes, I understood your point |
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liberal N proud
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Fri Dec-09-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Same type of benefits could be realized with high speed rail |
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Bob Wallace
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Fri Dec-09-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Absolutely... |
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Ernesto
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Fri Dec-09-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have read that big coal's silent partner is the rail road corps......... |
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jwirr
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Fri Dec-09-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Iron ore is the big product in NE MN. It goes to boats and across |
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donco
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Fri Dec-09-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not many business |
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Bob Wallace
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Fri Dec-09-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Don't need them... |
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donco
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Sat Dec-10-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Sounds good |
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Bob Wallace
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Sat Dec-10-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Replace coal plants? |
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donco
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Sat Dec-10-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hopefully something can get done to replace coal with |
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Bob Wallace
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Sat Dec-10-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Electric trucks... |
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4dsc
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Sat Dec-10-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. I guess this doesn't take into account those rail cars are filled with Chinese crap |
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