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Re:Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport by Rail in Dense Areas by JoBrad on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:34AM (#25570071)
The article says that trucks carrying LNG are already allowed in the area, though. Just considering the likelihood of damage to the container, it seems like pipelines > trains > trucks, no?
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Re:Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport by Rail in Dense Areas by ch4s3 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:10AM (#25570405)
The problem with pipelines for oil is that they tend to leak in isolated areas, where trains and truck can be maintained at their origin and destination.
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Re:Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport by Rail in Dense Areas by ceejayoz on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:56AM (#25570249)
It's unlikely that a hundred trucks will all crash at the same time in the same place.
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Re:Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport by Rail in Dense Areas by JoBrad on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:12PM (#25576731)
True. The article said that 3 could be transported at once. I don’t know what (if any) limitations there are on the number of trucks carrying LNG in the same area, at once. I’m just thinking that it’s far more likely that a truck would be involved in an accident that involves a fire vs a train.
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