Comment Re:Except Except (Score 1) 301
With a pipeline, you have fixed regions that can possibly be affected
No different than highway routes.
The very ground under the pipelined can be lined to prevent any impact from spills at all.
It could be, but it won't be. The history of every other pipeline we've ever built is testimony to that fact.
The pipeline can, and will be monitored because it is of course a valuable resource and they don't want oil to be lost any more than any environmentalist.
It's a numbers game in the end; The cost of monitors, inspections, retrofits where needed, it's all expensive and often has downtime. So...it mostly doesn't get done unless and until the government forces them to do so. The many, many bad pipeline spills we've had due to lack of monitoring is testimony to that fact.
What you are saying makes zero sense, pipelines are a dramatically safer and more efficient way to transport oil.
Where's your evidence?
There have been hundreds of pipeline failures spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil in this country alone (and far worse in other countries). We haven't had anything close to the same numbers via rail and truck.