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Originally Posted by Traum
As a layman on this issue, I agree that a spill from a pipeline will cause way more damage than other forms of transportation methods.
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The Lac Megantic train disaster released more oil than any single pipeline spill in Canadian History.
The events also killed 72 people from fires & explosions and decimated an entire town. That magnitude of destruction doesn't really happen with dilbit & crude pipelines. They don't run directly through town centers like rail lines do.
It's not the pipelines but the oil tankers that we really need to worry about. However I think we can mitigate risks in that regard.