From: bberesford@cogeco.ca   
      
   Scotty wrote:   
   > On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:49:38 -0500, "JeffreyHamilton"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> conway caine wrote:   
   >>> "JeffreyHamilton"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:m6kffo$jn9$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>   
   >>> It will be interesting to see how the lower price will affect the   
   >>> "oil sands" projects in Canada. I gather the breakeven point is   
   >>> approximetly $70 dollars a barrel and it's $65 for the American "oil   
   >>> shale" extraction process.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> ***When are they going to build the blipping pipeline? This American   
   >>> finagling is past all understanding. A pipeline from Canada to Texas   
   >>> is not going to destroy Western civilization as we know it.   
   >>   
   >> Dunno, can they be trusted to both build and operate it in a manner   
   >> consistant with public safety ? Past practice show's that not to be   
   >> the case. The first iteration of the Keystone XL pipeline, not only   
   >> crossed over the Ogallala Aquifer, evidently the 3rd largest aquifer   
   >> in the US. The original plan also called for the experimental usage   
   >> of both a thinner walled pipe, and at a higher that usual   
   >> pressure....Gee,what could possibly go wrong with that plan ?   
   >>   
   >>  cheers....Jeff   
   >   
   > So you think railroads are safer?   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster   
      
   Exactly, transporting a volatile product in an inapproprite manner, be it   
   via pipeline or rail, is a recipe for disaster...thankyou for making my   
   point.   
      
     cheers....Jeff   
      
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