"Better" in what sense? A tanker truck that spills its entire load might spill 3,000 gallons or 11,600 gallons[0], a far cry from the 11,000,000 gallons with wh

"Better" in what sense? A tanker truck that spills its entire load might spill 3,000 gallons or 11,600 gallons[0], a far cry from the 11,000,000 gallons with which this story is concerned. On that measure, trucks are clearly lower-risk. On other measures, they fare worse. There was also the option of running the pipeline through a different area, but the government claimed that wasn't worth the extra expense, and that there would definitely be no spills like the one there obviously was. [0] https://www.reference.com/business-finance/many-gallons-tanker-truck-hold-98cd8f85aa0d92b4 https://www.reference.com/business-finance/many-gallons-tank...