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Originally Posted by LiveSteam
really? ya think those trucks & roads can keep Americas power plants supplied?
& thats just 1 aspect
The train-truck debate has been brewing as long as interstates connected major centers of commerce. While railroads reigned supreme for over one-hundred years going back to Abraham Lincoln’s time, trucks are an increasingly visible form of transporting goods over land. (Trains still transport more freight however.)
http://www.thezephyr.com/environ/trucktrain.html
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Good point, especially dragging all that low energy Buffalo Dung out of Wyoming every day.
Literally nearly 2 miles of dung rolling into a decent sized plant every day. 200 cars a day at 53' a car.
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Last edited by Baby Lee; 11-15-2013 at 11:12 PM..
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