Breaking: Another Oil Train Derails and Burns in North Dakota

[MineralMan]

4. An excellent question, indeed.

The oil will be transported. How it is transported is the question. When one of these million gallon trains derails in one of the major population areas they travel through, that question will be even more important.

I live in one of those areas. Between eight and ten crude oil unit trains passes through St. Paul, MN each day. They go to a huge rail yard, where they are made up into other trains heading in several directions. That rail yard is adjacent to downtown St. Paul, and the trains pass through crowded suburbs going to and from the city.

It's just a matter of time until a disaster occurs. Truly.