https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:25:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4820 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:25:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4820 CS: I had interpreted the red lines as coal rather than as business connections. Since the legend does not really specify, my interpretation may be overstated.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4819 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:13:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4819 That site does not show Minnesota power plants to be using coal from the Virginia area. It shows some coal comes from mines out west (Dakotas or Wyoming?), via a company that also owns mines in the Virginia area.I seem to recall from some (nee) NSP people that much of the coal comes in on trains from the west.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4818 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/05/are-you-involved-in-mountainto/#comment-4818 I live in NE MO and I was also surprised at how much WV coal is used for local power generation. The remainder is from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

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