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...or the alternatives were less safe (trucks) or too expensive (realigning the tracks).
by betterunix2 7y ago
...or the alternatives were less safe (trucks) or too expensive (realigning the tracks).
- toomuchtodo 7y agoI would be interested to see a risk analysis calculating the cost of loss of life and property damage in the event of a worst case scenario for each proposed solution (trucks, realigning tracks, or drilling a pipeline).
- Gibbon1 7y agoAfter the San Bernardino train disaster a maintence tech for the Calnev pipeline told me the pipeline was out of service for 10-12 weeks. During that time tanker trucks were used to carry gasoline and diesel from Los Angels to Las Vegas. There were six major accidents involving tankers trucks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calnev_Pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calnev_Pipeline