Of course the NIMBY’s have started:
Sacramento officials say they only recently learned that a proposed rail terminal at the Valero company’s refinery in Benicia could dramatically increase the number of trains carrying crude oil through the region, including through populated downtowns. They say they are scrambling to fashion a joint statement to Valero officials expressing concerns.
The trains would travel on the Union Pacific line that runs through both the Roseville and downtown Sacramento railyards, as well as through downtown West Sacramento and Davis. Those are the same tracks that carry Capitol Corridor passenger trains between Sacramento and the Bay Area.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/02/6287449/refinery-plans-to-ship-100-train.html
Apr. 2, 2014
Mile long trains of combustible crude rolling down from 6000 feet up in the Sierras through California’s capitol.
Nope, that’ll never cause a problem.
What could possible go wrong?
Of course, the sad thing is California has enough oil to supply itself. They won't do that, so they have to bring it in by rail. Now people are trying to stop that.
I guess they need to build more windmills.
Back in 1991 I was driving past Valero in Benicia when one of the storage tanks literally blew a lid.
Biggest dang’d fireball I ever saw and the heat immediately traveled across the highway.
I slapped the “Go Pedal” to the carpet as I rolled my windows up.
When I got to the other side of the bridge my adrenaline was so high I had stop and take a breather.
Must have been 50 other cars, filled with people who felt the same way.
It was way to Kewel!!!
Same idiots that complain of crude being transported by railcar also are militantly against transporting crude by pipeline.