BNSF's Own figures show they lose 500 pounds of coal dust per
open-air car.
A 120 car train will lose 30 tons.
BNSF runs
4 trains in the area mentioned in the article below.
4
trains would lose a total of 120 tons of coal dust per trip!
Robert Nehman, Vice President
New Albin , Iowa
Phone: 608-385-3111
Robert, can you let me know where that figure "30 tons"
comes from?
That is very interesting. Donna
Hi All,
I pass by there daily and frac sand cars are often lined up
on the siding.
If you look close enough, you will notice sand piled on top of the
closed hopper cars.
Just East of the Onalaska exit, you can often see hundreds
of open-air frac sand cars sitting at the rail transfer.
There
is a lawsuit pending by the Sierra Club against BNSF for lose of coal
while being transported by open rail cars.
Estimates show a 120 open-air car train will lose approx. 30 TONS while being transported across the country.
I often see these coal cars sitting at the mentioned spot just south
of I-90.
I
can imagine the same amount of lose of frac sand as coal to the
air.
Sierra Club in their pending lawsuit has stated that the coal
dust violates the Clean Water Act.
I would like them to add frac sand (silica) to that!
One would think it should violate the Clean Air Act!
Anyone wanting to know how many years are left of Natural
Gas? read this...
Peace
Robert Nehman, Vice President
New Albin , Iowa
Phone: 608-385-3111
Have any of you noticed the sand leaking on the railroad
tracks
North of LaCresent? All the way to I-90!
Subject:
Fracking: Is there really 100 years’ worth of natural
gas beneath the United States ? - Slate Magazine
For those of you who like those facts and figures.
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