The Reason Gas Is So Expensive Is Because Of America's Crappy Railroads

Given increasingly abundant supplies of natural gas and crude in the U.S., some consumers scratch their heads at the sight of high gas prices, which aren't expected to sink much as the summer season gets under way. Yet some observers point a finger at inefficiencies in the U.S. transportation system, which forces oil companies to rely heavily on heavy transport to move crude supplies. Crude pipelines - such as the hotly debated Keystone XL that's now mired in Washington politics - could transpor...