The question resurfaced this week as news of increased crude oil transportation by rail crossed the border from Canada.
Oil and gas is moving around our country, around pristine wilderness, around our cities and towns. Oil is going to keep moving, will continue to increase in our new energy boom, so the answer is not simply to stop it. The answer is to determine how to move it safely.
While many have called for shutdown of pipelines and a moratorium on new pipeline construction, the correct reaction may just be the opposite. We really should be replacing old pipelines and building new ones, reducing the stress on each line. Particularly good is to supersize them – build bigger pipelines over old ones.
