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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (14161)9/30/2012 7:57:39 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 24231
 
>>Yeah; that can save something like 30% of our non-transportation energy. Electric rail is about 18X as efficient as moving freight by trucks. Lots of stuff, but it all takes spending massive amounts of money, which we don't want to do. >>

I think I remember them saying one barge on the Mississippi takes the same cargo as 1,000 trucks? That seems too many, but how I remember it?


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