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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (432)	6/23/2005 9:23:02 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24210

A. It's all connected B In fact, it is all connected by rail, as we shall see. But, as somebody in End of Suburbia sez, "We have a rail system that the Bulgarians would be ashamed of." Doesn't matter how much coal you have if you can't get it there. US power plants could run short of coal Mon Jun 20, 2005 06:08 PM ET By Steve James NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some U.S. power stations could run out of coal if a long hot summer pushes up demand at plants with already low stockpiles, the chief executive of the No. 2 U.S. coal producer said on Monday. "I don't think there'll be blackouts but I think there's a possibility in a hot summer that somebody could go very, very low on coal," Arch Coal Inc. (ACI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Steven Leer told the Reuters Energy Summit. Arch fuels approximately 7 percent of the electricity generated in the United States. Coal inventories at many power stations are historically low, he said, and rail disruptions have delayed shipments of coal at a time when demand is soaring from higher oil prices. Message 21436120