Would you rather have a pipeline spill or a train derailment?

[cali]

18. I'm still wrestling with it. I live disturbingly close

to the proposed Exxon Enbridge Northeast Pipeline which has received little attention. It would run right thru the Northeast Kingdom where I live. This is a beautiful, but poor place and the economy has increasingly moved away from dairy farming and logging to eco-tourism and such endeavors as cheese making- where terroir is an important ingredient. (and skiing, of course)

From wik:

The Northeast Kingdom has been listed in the North American and international editions of "1,000 Places to See Before You Die", the New York Times best-selling book by Patricia Schultz. In 2006, the National Geographic Society named the Northeast Kingdom as the most desirable place to visit in the country and the ninth most desirable place to visit in the world.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Kingdom

The thought of that pipeline fills me with terror, but I can't ignore the horrific event in Lac Megantic or the strong possibility that this will happen again, probably in the Northeast.

I like SavannahMan's suggestions, but that's not how they construct pipelines or repurpose them.