[Olog-hai]

Undoubtedly meant to make rail transport uneconomical, and thus undercut the boom.

[nascarnation]

But doesn’t that screw regime affiliate Berkshire Hathaway?

[dware]

Undoubtedly meant to make rail transport uneconomical, and thus undercut the boom.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Warren Buffet is funding the fight against the Keystone pipeline because he is making millions transporting the oil by rail.

[Vigilanteman]

Well, that and the fact that they had a near disaster with a derailment outside Casselton, North Dakota, geographical center of the most populous county in the state.

Two miles difference in the place of the derailment, and there could have been dozens of deaths in Casselton proper. Twenty miles and there could have been hundreds in Fargo.

Large quantities of crude oil should be shipped by pipeline.

[PGR88]

No, people will still use the oil.

its probably meant to just remove more liability from Warren Buffett and his railroads - and other people pay for it.

[Vigilanteman]

Just as another bit of North Dakota trivia, Governor Dalyrymple is descended from the famed Bonanza farm of the same name which has extensive land holdings around Casselton, site of the crude oil train derailment.

At least three former governors (Bill Langer, Bill Guy, George Sinner) are from Casselton. At one time, it had the highest number of millionaires per capita in the United States. This is prime cropland with arguably the most fertile soil in the country against a relatively small population base. You don't need a much larger than average farm to be a millionaire here.

[bert]

Oh come now. That is so simplistic

A pipeline is needed to get rid of the railroads and get them back to moving grain