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HooptieWagon

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11. If properly maintained, pipelines much safer than shipping

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:30 PM

Jan 2013

if we're talking about inland waterways. And much cheaper than rail or highway transport. Super tankers are very cheap and safe when at sea, but vulnerable near coastlines. However, shipping oil by supertanker from the Dakotas is an impossibility.
All in all, pipelines are the best way of transporting crude, considering cost and safety. Their difficulty lies in locating them, and holding BigOil accountable for their maintainence.

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Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridge [View all] wtmusic Jan 2013 OP

"Nature's Way?" Are they serious? I wonder if ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #1

The width under the bridge should be constant, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #2

Sadly, the incompetence of that company also seems to be constant ... Nihil Jan 2013 #6

Not really. Assuming it is deepest in the center ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #9

The passage under a bridge is in the channel. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #10

Update...after checking map and pix HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #12

I sit in awe when those huge barges move around. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #13

Isn't a lot of the oil from N. Dakota shipped by barge? NickB79 Jan 2013 #3

That is why we need more pipe lines zeaper Jan 2013 #4

Or less oil NoOneMan Jan 2013 #5

Now, now ... Nihil Jan 2013 #7

I don't need any pipe lines. wtmusic Jan 2013 #8

If properly maintained, pipelines much safer than shipping HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #11