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Newsjock

(11,733 posts) Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:29 PM Mar 2014

San Francisco Bay Area passenger rail corridor proposed to move crude oil

Source: San Jose Mercury News

The tracks that carry Amtrak Capitol Corridor trains through about a dozen heavily populated East Bay and South Bay communities could become a rail superhighway for potentially explosive crude oil transports to Central California under a plan by the Phillips 66 oil company, Berkeley officials warn.

A project at Phillips 66's Santa Maria refinery would enable it to receive crude oil from North American sources that are served by rail, according to a draft environmental report under review by San Luis Obispo County.

The report identifies the most likely source of the crude as the Bakken oil field that covers parts of North Dakota and Canada. Last July, a train carrying Bakken crude exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 people and nearly destroying the town.

... On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council will discuss a resolution opposing the transport of hazardous crude by rail along the Union Pacific railway through California and the East Bay.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_25412226/east-bay-and-south-bay-passenger-rail-corridor

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San Francisco Bay Area passenger rail corridor proposed to move crude oil (Original Post) Newsjock Mar 2014 OP

wow...nt Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #1

Yuck! Stop them! lonestarnot Mar 2014 #2

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #3

Jesus H. NV Whino Mar 2014 #4

That stuff is as explosive as gasoline. sorefeet Mar 2014 #5

What could possibly go wrong? demwing Mar 2014 #6

Industry pressure to force Keystone. Although a certain amount has always gone by rail. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #7

I'm not liking this at all... elzenmahn Mar 2014 #8

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)

1. wow...nt

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:31 PM

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lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

2. Yuck! Stop them!

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:31 PM

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WillyT

(72,631 posts)

3. K & R !!!

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:32 PM

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NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

4. Jesus H.

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:36 PM

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sorefeet

(1,241 posts)

5. That stuff is as explosive as gasoline.

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:44 PM

Mar 2014

Especially in the summer time, it almost refines itself on the journey to the coast. Not a safe or good idea.

demwing

(16,916 posts)

6. What could possibly go wrong?

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Mon Mar 24, 2014, 11:21 PM

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freshwest

(53,661 posts)

7. Industry pressure to force Keystone. Although a certain amount has always gone by rail. n/t

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Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:40 AM

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elzenmahn

(904 posts)

8. I'm not liking this at all...

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Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:41 AM

Mar 2014

...a lot of those Capitol Corridor tracks run alongside BART trains, especially in Richmond where they share a station. And given how densely populated those rights of way are...no. Find another way to move that oil.

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