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Originally Posted by Asmodeus
Mr Hapyslip is somewhat right. You can't fully measure environment lose to that extent and we certainly won't be able to "clean up" right away. It could take decades and by then it might have an affect on nearby plantlife and habitats depending on the extent of the spill/leak. It boils down to QC when it happens. This is a risk pipelines are taking that's for sure. So they make sure they have the controls in place to avoid or prevent from happening. You cannot 100% clean up a big loss of containment. This one the biggest con of the pipelines but is it worth the benefits we get from it? I think so.
There are too many assumptions being made in this thread
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This goes right back to my first post in this thread: the oil WILL flow, whether you like it or not, so it can either flow through a pipeline or it can flow in rail cars and behind trucks that are much more likely to have accidents and spills. As far as clean ups go, I've yet to hear of any that have taken "decades" to do, so I'm not sure where you're getting that from.
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Originally Posted by stewie
must suck knowing that you cant even do simple things on your own property.
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The people living near those lines knew they were there when they bought their house, their house might be worth less but they also would have paid less for it.