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Pretty Decent Oil Train Newspiece

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Pretty Decent Oil Train Newspiece
Posted by zugmann on Friday, December 26, 2014 11:18 AM

(for a change).

 

Found in The Baltimore Sun (12/25)

 

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-cecil-crude-20141224-story.html#page=1

 

Isn't behind a paywall yet.  Compared to most stories on the subject - this one isn't that bad, balanced-wise.

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, December 26, 2014 2:57 PM

CSX is yet to have a LOADED unit oil train in Maryland.   Which makes most of the article a flight in fiction.

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Posted by zugmann on Friday, December 26, 2014 3:07 PM

Only mention of CSX there is about the lawsuit. 

 

 

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, December 26, 2014 3:22 PM

The article mentions specifically oil trains (the author apparently does not know the difference between a tanker and a tank car) that use the Port Road as far as Perryville, and then use Amtrak to gain access to refineries in Delaware.

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Friday, December 26, 2014 7:11 PM

I particularly noted the last sentence in the article, which echoes what I've been saying all along.  Gasoline IS one of the most dangerous things around.  Yet, because there is so much use by so many people, nobody dares suggest that it should be strictly controlled.

On the other hand, the, "Professional environmentalist," wants to keep stirring the pot in opposition.  I wish I could ask him what he uses for personal transportation.  If the answer isn't either a bicycle or a horse he should sit down and shut up.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Friday, December 26, 2014 10:07 PM

The environmental activist quoted in the aarticle worries about oil trains adding to the threats to the Chesapeake Bay, but he does not mention the reduction of foriegn tankers they replaced.

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