Post Lac Megantic Disaster, Trains Carrying Crude Oil Continue Increasing Shipments

[MineralMan]

9. Yes. Piplelines are the way to transport oil. There are occasional

breakages, but none of those have burnt down towns. Until we can free ourselves from a fossil fuel economy, transportation of petroleum products should be done with pipelines. They're stationary and don't derail in the middle of town.

Of course, the less oil we use, the less needs to be transported.

Today, I was behind a tanker truck hauling liquid oxygen. Now, there is a dangerous load. I moved to the leftmost lane and moved past it as quickly as I could. Moving hazardous materials on our road and railways is like shipping bombs. People don't really think about it, but there are many, many dangerous loads passing through any community with an Interstate highway.