He has used strong words and imagery before to drive home points, including
comparing cordons of
coal cars heading to power plants to the death
trains of the Holocaust (because of the mass extinctions foreseen by many biologists should warming go unabated).
Be sure to check out past posts on this issue to see mines like this one
compared with more familiar features like San Francisco, and get an idea how big the
trains are that carry all this
coal to foreign markets.