Railroads transport huge quantities of toxic and hazardous products all over the country, all the time.
It's nothing new. Far from it.
And if you did discover some of those railcars contain hazardous materials, then what?
Do you want to ban them from being transported by rail?
What would happen then, other than clogging up highways with tanker trucks hauling this around? Where they can be involved in car wrecks. Which would happen on a daily basis, most likely?
Why is there the downvotes? Can we have a serious discussion sometime on this forum about there always, ALWAYS, being hazmat being transported? Why does no one here seem to know this. It’s how it’s worked, always. I’m glad people are paying attention to it I guess, but This picture means nothing. Trains get parked places.
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Sometimes people just want to be angry and outraged, and don't react well to plain old pragmatism.
And many people are absolutely oblivious to the everyday workings of the world.
They don't want to have to think about stuff. Just feel and express those feelings.
Because who wants to think about the logistics of hauling millions and millions of tons of hazardous materials around the country. To find solutions to problems. That's too much work.
And if I've learned anything from the Simpsons, it's that thinking causes wrinkles. And ain't nobody wanting any wrinkles.
It’s genuinely frustrating. I’m honestly confused by who is forging the narrative that trains I guess, don’t transport things? Or they shouldn’t be? Weird stuff going on with this narrative.
Railroads transport huge quantities of toxic and hazardous products all over the country, all the time.
It's nothing new. Far from it.
And if you did discover some of those railcars contain hazardous materials, then what?
Do you want to ban them from being transported by rail?
What would happen then, other than clogging up highways with tanker trucks hauling this around? Where they can be involved in car wrecks. Which would happen on a daily basis, most likely?
Why is there the downvotes? Can we have a serious discussion sometime on this forum about there always, ALWAYS, being hazmat being transported? Why does no one here seem to know this. It’s how it’s worked, always. I’m glad people are paying attention to it I guess, but This picture means nothing. Trains get parked places.
🤷♀️ Sometimes people just want to be angry and outraged, and don't react well to plain old pragmatism.
And many people are absolutely oblivious to the everyday workings of the world.
They don't want to have to think about stuff. Just feel and express those feelings.
Because who wants to think about the logistics of hauling millions and millions of tons of hazardous materials around the country. To find solutions to problems. That's too much work.
And if I've learned anything from the Simpsons, it's that thinking causes wrinkles. And ain't nobody wanting any wrinkles.
It’s genuinely frustrating. I’m honestly confused by who is forging the narrative that trains I guess, don’t transport things? Or they shouldn’t be? Weird stuff going on with this narrative.