The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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From NYT write-up on Virginia oil-train derailment:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/business/energy-environment/as-new-shipping-rules-are-studied-another-oil-train-derails.html

Environmentalists quickly made the case on Wednesday that the accident was another sign of the dangers of oil drilling, even though they are also critical of alternative pipeline transport.

It sounds like the NYT author was trying to be funny, but the sad thing is that he was being serious.