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Originally Posted by fotze
This is an example of poor journalism just simply fataing up something so bad even though there might be a legitimate issue.
Actual questions the 'journo' should be raising
- Are trains accepting offspec sour oil?
- Have they considered this sour oil in their corrosion mitigation programs?
- Why are they accepting sour oil? Are the spec to low?
- Is there even sour oil on these trains, or is the reporter and dumb train CEO making up stuff.
- Does the incidence of oil by train accidents just as a result of way more oil going by train?
But no, they try to attach it to a red herring that has had HBO movies made about it.
Associating it with the flavor of the day just makes this terrible for all involved, including the public.
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I'd take it a step further and ask "why is rail transport virtually unregulated?" as a starting point. I tried to look around for permits and regulatory requirements to ship some product on rail and literally couldn't find anything other than TDG.