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Quebec oil spill

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by massparanoia, Jul 6, 2013.

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    wow, that's crazy! hope it wasn't terrorism. if not, another sad oil related accident.:(
    prayers all the best to our canadian friends in the area.
     
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    Not quite ontopic: Did you know while most oil is shipped by pipe (safer and more fuel efficient), most ethanol is delivered by truck? This is what can happen.
     
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    At least the truck has a warm body on board. Unmanned trains?
     
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    Flammable and otherwise hazardous materials are routinely transported by rail.

    Maybe the engineers forgot the parking brake when they went for lunch. Locomotives aren't supposed to run on autopilot.
     
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    It would be quite easy for a couple of kids to clamber aboard and start playing with the controls. I'm not saying that's what happened, but it sounds like a plausible scenario.
     
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