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Originally Posted by kane
I would rather have a train that crashes and causes damage that we know of right away and can take action against immediately than an underground pipe that could leak for years, poisoning the soil and water and slowly killing everyone in the area before we even know it is happening.
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moving stuff by train isn't very efficient, it burns oil, causes pollution, CO2 emissions, costs more, etc... so it's certainly debatable if theoretical scenario ("pipe could leak for years") is worse than transporting oil by train which we know for a fact causes pollution and has many risks as well (could derail, etc)...
can you imagine if for example water to your house wasn't delivered by a pipe, but instead transported by a truck once a week? wouldn't that seem very inefficient, and anyone who would even consider that plan would be labeled as nuts?
clearly water is not the same as oil, oil has some additional risks, but the point is, that not using a pipeline is ridiculously inefficient...