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A lot of fracking sites near me have exceptionally bright lights at night when they're being actively worked on. I suspect the brightness shown might be regular
by TallGuyShort 7y ago
A lot of fracking sites near me have exceptionally bright lights at night when they're being actively worked on. I suspect the brightness shown might be regular old electric lights, not just gas flares.
- dylan604 7y agoCar parks are notorious light polluters as well. These are large parking lots where car manufacturers off load cars by rail for their "last mile" delivery to the area dealerships. The lights are meant to keep the thief away. On top of the horrendous light pollution, they also cause massive* traffic headaches where the trains can come to a complete park for 20-30 minutes while the train cars with autos are connected/disconnected. *The one I lived near was in a pretty small town, so the traffic might have been only 10-15 cars on either side of the tracks. Massive is directly proportional to your direct involvement of being stuck.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoYou mean loading cars on to trains? Surely they have sidings?
- dylan604 7y agoI don't know how they remove the automobiles from the train cars. This isn't what makes the train stop. It is the disconnect of the train cars with automobiles from the train so they can be moved to another set of rails that lead into the car park.