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6. The problems with transporting by rail are alarming ones

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 11:51 AM

Aug 2013

The majority of it is shipped in unsafe container cars. Only one company in North America manufactures the safer ones and they have a two year wait. Lac Megantic is like many towns and cities in North America in that the trains travel through populated areas. Rail infrastructure is over burdened and in many places in bad shape. And then there's the lack of regulation.

More accidents waiting to happen.

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Post Lac Megantic Disaster, Trains Carrying Crude Oil Continue Increasing Shipments [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

Good news at least Riftaxe Aug 2013 #1

Good news? Really?? 30-40 people were fucking VAPORIZED in the Musi-Caf�... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #2

and you have foregone these conveniences exactly how Riftaxe Aug 2013 #4

I vote. Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #5

I vote for politicians who follow through on food and fuel Riftaxe Aug 2013 #8

It's a fossil fuel economy in so many ways. MineralMan Aug 2013 #3

The problems with transporting by rail are alarming ones cali Aug 2013 #6

Yes. Piplelines are the way to transport oil. There are occasional MineralMan Aug 2013 #9

More regulation is what is needed.` BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #7