Total U.S. weekly rail traffic down 10.6% ( coal down 33.5% )

Railway Age ^ | May 11, 2016 | Ben Vient

[11th Commandment]

And what double stink for the RR is coal is a profitable transport. Another buddy of mine was in RR pricing arbitration. He explained that coal is a strait shot from source to use, no stops... key metric for the RR

[stockpirate]

Yes 2008, but transportations says the teal drop is on the way. Trains carry raw good and finished products.

[spokeshave]

You can add energy companies Linn Energy and Penn Virginia to the list as well, they just announced Chapter 11.

I think Obama read Sir Winston Churchill's strategic plan to defeat the Nazis:

1. Destroy manufacturing industry...starting with ball bearing factories

2. Destroy coal mining, oil production and means of distribution

3. Terrorize the population (bomb the Rhur dams and fire bomb Dresden)

What Obama has done / is doing follows those instructions.

[spokeshave]

The best boost to the economy will be psychological when the mini dark age ends and Trump is sworn in.

Sorry...but you haven't seen the worst of it

A new Ice Age is expected to kick in around 2025 / 2030 time frame.

Because the Sun's magnetic field is in decline...so less Sunspots are created....last time that occurred there was a mini ice age from 1350 to 1750

We should be so lucky.