Trains ABSOLUTELY are the safest way to transport hazardous materials over long distances - pipelines are impractical for many of them for various reasons.
Not only is railway safer but, they also have better placarding requirements so responders will know what they're actually dealing with if an incident does occur. A lot of hazardous material being transported over the road does not even require placarding because they are packaged below what is considered "reportable quantity" (RQ). The RQ varies based on the individual material beign transported which leads to situations where there are several hazardous materials all being loaded into the same cargo container that may have synergistic reactions if they should become mixed because of an accident.
Trains ABSOLUTELY are the safest way to transport hazardous materials over long distances - pipelines are impractical for many of them for various reasons.
Not only is railway safer but, they also have better placarding requirements so responders will know what they're actually dealing with if an incident does occur. A lot of hazardous material being transported over the road does not even require placarding because they are packaged below what is considered "reportable quantity" (RQ). The RQ varies based on the individual material beign transported which leads to situations where there are several hazardous materials all being loaded into the same cargo container that may have synergistic reactions if they should become mixed because of an accident.
Sure, but gas pipelines are absolutely superior. That being said, carry on.
Carry on, indeed.