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Re: "Job Creators" at Caterpillar Get it Wrong
Author: Coal Slaw
Date: 09-30-2014 - 19:44
FGEX Wrote:
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> No one says if the GE's will be reliable or not.
> Based on the over the road diesels with EGR
> systems, it is unlikely. All a big waste of time.
> If the EPA was really concerned about emissions,
> the government would find a way to get more long
> haul trucks off the roads and onto rail, that will
> have a greater impact on clean air than all the
> emissions crap in the world will do. According to
> the EPA's own statistics, a 18% reduction in long
> haul trucking would double the ecological benefit
> than what will be gained by these emissions.
If you don't trust the government to regulate emissions, why would you trust the government to "find a way to get more long haul trucks off the roads and onto rail?"
Isn't it the job of the private railroads to find a way to get more long-haul trucks onto railroads?
You cite an 18% reduction in emissions by reduction of long-haul trucking. To which emissions are you referring? Sulfur oxides? Nitrogen oxides? Carbon monoxide? Greenhouse gas emissions? Airborn toxics? Particulate matter? They all have different impacts on the environment and human health.
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> No one says if the GE's will be reliable or not.
> Based on the over the road diesels with EGR
> systems, it is unlikely. All a big waste of time.
> If the EPA was really concerned about emissions,
> the government would find a way to get more long
> haul trucks off the roads and onto rail, that will
> have a greater impact on clean air than all the
> emissions crap in the world will do. According to
> the EPA's own statistics, a 18% reduction in long
> haul trucking would double the ecological benefit
> than what will be gained by these emissions.
If you don't trust the government to regulate emissions, why would you trust the government to "find a way to get more long haul trucks off the roads and onto rail?"
Isn't it the job of the private railroads to find a way to get more long-haul trucks onto railroads?
You cite an 18% reduction in emissions by reduction of long-haul trucking. To which emissions are you referring? Sulfur oxides? Nitrogen oxides? Carbon monoxide? Greenhouse gas emissions? Airborn toxics? Particulate matter? They all have different impacts on the environment and human health.
