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Rail congestion 'crisis' related to Bakken oil likely to be long-term problem
MinnPost ^ | 10/01/14 | Brian Lambert

Posted on 10/02/2014 7:03:29 AM PDT by thackney

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1 posted on 10/02/2014 7:03:29 AM PDT by thackney
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"However, rail experts told Minnesota lawmakers that building more pipelines won't solve the problem.”

Hilarious. I'm sure "pipeline experts" have a different point of view.

2 posted on 10/02/2014 7:06:12 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Drink your Ovaltine)
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Rails were already tight without shipping oil.


3 posted on 10/02/2014 7:08:00 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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Build more rail freight capacity?

Na....

Lets just blow billions of dollars building passenger rail systems in the California desert and other locations where they aren’t needed and will never pay their way.


4 posted on 10/02/2014 7:17:10 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: taxcontrol

I have read that Warren Buffet bought Obama’s resistance to pipelines to preserve his railway investments.

News flash to Buffet. You can’t take it with you and you will face God when you go.


5 posted on 10/02/2014 7:18:04 AM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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It’s been so long since I have awakened in a good mood you wouldn’t believe it. We need rail cars and pipelines? Who was the person who shoved the heavy manufacturers and with them, 25 million jobs, out of the United States? That’s right, the compassionate conservative, George Bush. We need more like him if Zero can’t cripple the country. Let’s vote for amnesty then we can have the Mexicans fix the problems.


6 posted on 10/02/2014 7:27:51 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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Yeah all Bush’s fault. No heavy manufacturing left before or after his term.


7 posted on 10/02/2014 7:30:34 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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In Lima, which has lost 1,600 jobs since Bush became president, more than 1,000 of them in manufacturing,

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/082904/ele_082904077.shtml


8 posted on 10/02/2014 7:54:06 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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I was raised in NE Ohio. The steel belt had become the rust belt long before Bush.


9 posted on 10/02/2014 7:56:20 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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Sorry, forgot to add:

And the number one reason was the insane unions driving away jobs. I had an uncle working at auto assembly in the area. He eventually got requirements set up for the number of pieces that had to be made per day. They worked at the job for an hour then played cards for 7 hours for their 8 hour pay.


10 posted on 10/02/2014 7:58:57 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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And you don’t think the free trade amendments that Bush pushed hard to pass didn’t affect the job loss numbers. Quit dreaming. Normally I agree with 90% of what you post but today you’re defending the wrong man.


11 posted on 10/02/2014 8:04:13 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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I’m not defending him. I’m claiming he isn’t the source of the problem. We have done much to shut out the competitiveness of the American Manufacture; not just the policies he helped put in place.


12 posted on 10/02/2014 8:06:22 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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Perhaps I am reading too much into your use of “the person” in your post. Just struck me wrong.

Cheers


13 posted on 10/02/2014 8:08:46 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Asking rail experts to comment on the capabilities of pipelines is like asking Muslims to tell us what Christians believe.


14 posted on 10/02/2014 8:30:35 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Gosh...If only there was another way of transporting oil.


15 posted on 10/03/2014 11:56:10 AM PDT by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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