As U.S. rail strike looms, White House aides scramble to avert crisis

que nadie se alarme.. ésto es lo que sucede todos los viernes.. una pequeña huelga de trenes en USA.. 125.000 trabajadores a los que no les parece bien estar de guardia 14 días seguidos (entre otras "kondiziones lavorales", no investiguen demasiado), y un Gobierno de inútiles que no se había enfrentado a ningún problema parecido en 30 años..

hay un pequeño gráfico de todo lo que se mueve por tren en USA (recordemos: mucha carga, mucha distancia.. trenes con muchos vagones y muchas locomotoras.. no es nada parecido a lo que hay en la pequeña Europa), y explicando cómo funciona el tema de la gasolina..

evidentemente no tendrán nada parecido en los grandes "medyos de hinformazión".. son "vulos" o "faque nius", o "kosas-ke-no-pasan".. como los encierros de personas sanas, en Australia, en campos de concentración, para luchar contra "la KOBIT"..

recuerden aplaudir muy fuerte a las 20h porque, por lo menos, han frenado a Franco-pantano y a la peligrosa "hultra-kilo-mega-turbo-giga-tera-hextra-extrem@-hultra-deretxcha"..

disfruten lo votado..

y de regalo:

pues eso:

As U.S. rail strike looms, White House aides scramble to avert crisis

pues eso:

I understand that screwing commuters and farmers are a moral directive coming from a guy who works from home, but the basic treatment of workers supersedes this grim reality.

— Hayden Clarkin (@the_transit_guy) September 14, 2022

Two of largest railroad carriers, Union Pacific + BNSF (subsidiary of Bershire Hathaway), have attendance policies that penalize workers, up to firing, for going to the dr & attending to family emergencies.

BNSF and Union Pacific primarily operate in the western US.

— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) September 13, 2022

U.S. refineries produce "BOB", or the petroleum component of motor gasoline, that is below retail pump octane specifications i.e. 85 rather than 87 regular. That missing octane is supplied by ethanol. pic.twitter.com/pcG7BHj1N4

— Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ (@T_Mason_H) September 14, 2022

Ethanol is only added to gasoline at regional distribution terminals just prior to it being delivered to a retail station. These distribution terminals are all over the country and hold ethanol in inventory - which will become critical in event of a rail strike. pic.twitter.com/iUKLVZvp0d

— Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ (@T_Mason_H) September 14, 2022

So in the event of a rail strike and ethanol supply disruption, your motor gasoline would be sub-octane (not great) and you'd be missing 1/10th of every gallon.

— Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ (@T_Mason_H) September 14, 2022

What Does a Railroad Strike Mean For Shipping?

The potential of a strike by all Class I #railroads on Sept 16 has massive implications for global #shipping, #ports & #supplychain as cited by @loriannlarocco & @rrpre in their great articles.https://t.co/xlgHZRTqqC via @YouTube

— Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ (@mercoglianos) September 12, 2022

Emerging impacts of potential rail shutdown:
- Amtrak cancels long-distance trips
- Ammonia, fertilizer, ag products pulled from trains
- Price of ethanol, other products soars
- Grain shipments could stop tomorrow

“If rail shuts down, our entire agricultural system shuts down"

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) September 14, 2022

Amtrak Canceling All Long Distance Service Ahead of Strike - it would be the first national railroad strike in 30 years
https://t.co/lc9bzDk9to pic.twitter.com/JK7R2I1JFL

— whur.com (@WHURfm) September 14, 2022