Bullet trains: The way to play cap-and-trade?

A speedy green investment?

If President Obama has his way, America will soon have implemented a wide scale cap-and-trade program, and carbon trading could have huge ramifications for high speed rail according to some experts.

According to Richard Sandor, the chair and chief executive of the CCX, "said his organization has been working with the government-owned rail company Amtrak, which is a member of his bourse, to determine whether revenue from the developing carbon market can be directed to train companies."