« ALEA Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

Re: keystone pipeline

By: clo in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 24 Dec 14 3:57 AM | 48 view(s)
Boardmark this board | The Trust Matrix
Msg. 16622 of 54959
(This msg. is a reply to 16621 by Cactus Flower)

Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

Hi Cactus Flower,

Rachel Maddow showed an explosion on the rails & it is terrifying.
Uploaded Image
A fireball erupted from an exploding train car after a crash outside Casselton, N.D., in December. Oil from the state's Bakken Shale isn't stabilized to make it less volatile. Zuma Press

However, if this crude gets into the water system that will be even more destructive, long term.

a snippet
Rail vs. pipeline

Federal officials and industry groups point out that the overwhelming majority — more than 99.9 percent, they say — of crude-by-rail shipments reach their destination safely.

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/01/07/in-north-dakota-oil-train-explosion-a-wake-up-call/




Avatar

DO SOMETHING!


- - - - -
View Replies (1) »



» You can also:
- - - - -
The above is a reply to the following message:
Re: keystone pipeline
By: Cactus Flower
in ALEA
Wed, 24 Dec 14 1:01 AM
Msg. 16621 of 54959

I was opposed for the same reasons and then I learnt about the scale of the potential explosion on a train. I was told that trains are far more risky than pipelines.


« ALEA Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next