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Old 04-02-2013, 12:03 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city View Post
Using the same arguments as the enviro crowd, are you including the entire greenhouse gas emissions of well the wheel in that calculation?
That's a good point, diesel fuel use adds about another 20% of GHGs from the upstream extraction and refining activities. Even accounting for that it's still a lower GHG intensity for rail than pipelines.
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