When the train workers go on strike,
this may be a little problem for you...
No single commodity has been more important to America’s railroads than coal, which accounted for more than 17 percent of rail revenue in 2015, according to industry-compiled data. But deliveries of coal are in dramatic decline and, because of economic considerations and national energy policies that favor cleaner sources of energy, will never return anywhere close to former levels.
As a percentage of total freight rail carloads, coal was the highest by far in 2009, comprising nearly 25 percent of total carloads. Coal shipments have declined every year since. Today, coal accounts for approximately 13 percent of carloads with even fewer carloads likely in future years.
No new coal train cars have been built in this country since 2015. How's that gonna work for all these tree-huggin' electric car junkies? Juss' sayin'...
Guess they will all start hauling diesel generators to charge while they drive.
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