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One_Life_To_Give

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5. Crude Spills is the least of our worries with Trains

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jan 2014

Trains are supposedly the safest means of transport. These Crude spills may just be the Canary in the Coal mine. Warning that we are about to have a real bad accident if we don't get things straightened around.

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Wait for it. You knew this was coming: [View all] unhappycamper Jan 2014 OP

why don't they move the damn refineries closer, and transport finished product! Demeter Jan 2014 #1

Cost. 230 Million Dollars. progressoid Jan 2014 #2

A Bargain! Demeter Jan 2014 #3

No, because lighter distillates (gasoline, diesel fuel) are more volatile friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #4

Crude Spills is the least of our worries with Trains One_Life_To_Give Jan 2014 #5

they could have tried being nice arachadillo Jan 2014 #6