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Could political pressure force the railroads onto a specific "Oil Alley"?

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Posted by oltmannd on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:28 PM

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and PTI vans...

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Posted by oltmannd on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:32 PM

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I don’t know if it could result in a single primary route, but I think it could result in an executive order by President Obama to stop shipping Bakken oil by rail until it can be proven to be safe.

 

The price of gasoline would definitely rise, but so what?  Do you think that would stand in the way of banning Bakken shipping by rail?  The green left would love to price fossil fuels right out of the market.  Keep in mind that this hysteria over oil train safety is a perfect tool serving the interests of the anti-oil agenda.  Public safety is their perfect pretext.  They want public hysteria, and the oil trains are delivering it. 
 

Oil  before fracking = $100 a barrel.  After fracking = $60 a barrel.  Take away a chunk of fracking = between $60 and $100 a barrel.  QED

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Posted by csxns on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:47 PM

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- they should also be restricted

Just this past saturday on I-85 on my way to spencer saw two gas tankers trucks going 10 miles over the limit.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:06 PM

This morning there was a tanker on its side on I95 in Maryland.  Leaking fuel.

 http://www.wbaltv.com/news/leaking-tanker-overturns-closing-i95-near-beltsville/31713086

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:39 PM

tree68

This morning there was a tanker on its side on I95 in Maryland.  Leaking fuel.

 http://www.wbaltv.com/news/leaking-tanker-overturns-closing-i95-near-beltsville/31713086

 

Incident was caused by a 'Unsafe Lane Change' of a Ford Focus which caused several vehicles to take evasive actions.

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