Updates
Later: See first comment below. This information about "40 more unit trains daily through Billings" is coming from an environmental group. I was spoofed. I thought 40 unit trains/day was a bit much. Maybe there is enough coal and enough demand to warrant 40 unit trains but now that I know a bit more about the source, I have to question the validity of the story. A huge thank you to "anonymous" for alerting me to a bit of hyperbole and its source.
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Now this story: how would an extra 40 coal trains per day through downtown Billings, MT, affect quality of life there?
The expected shipping of coal from the Powder River Basin to Asia is likely to increase train traffic through Billings, according to a conference brochure.For investors: find those manufacturers building rail cars.
Bruce, the so called "conference" is promoted and paid for by the local enviro extremists. The Global Warming crowd is using fear of increased train traffic as their latest excuse to try to kill a proposed MT coal mine.
ReplyDeleteSame tatic as using fear of fracking as their latest tool to attack the oil industry. Same song, different day. I sure wish they'd just be quiet for awhile. Of course they won't.
A huge "thank you."
DeleteI've updated the posting -- see above.
It will be interesting to see if the newspaper provides a better accounting of the conference.