Originally posted on 06/21/2014:






Wow. let me point out to ya what 'big eddie' didn't add into that little segment.

The Ogalalla aquifer in question in the Husker state.....has had oil/gas pipelines running since before you or I was born. Tens of THOUSANDS of miles of pipes crossing and intersecting to be exact...Nebraska itself drills a few thousands barrels of crude directly through the aquifer...has been ramping up production in recent years actually. XL project is less than 300 miles of pipe to be added to the thousands upon thousands of miles already rolling through transporting the product.

Clean up - Transcanada is legally responsible for the cleanup, not the property owners. Thats already been hashed out in courts leading up through all of the scare tactics. You have to remember - the pipeline company is not the oil company...difference there. This is already above ground product that is simply being transported to refineries, not like a drilling rig with an open ended well gushing. And yes, the company has had to issue several plans to the courts and to the govt showing where, how and who will be on site to do the clean up should it actually happen. This is the key point of why a pipeline is vastly different than a well - the flow is controlled and can be stopped from several points to limit spillage due to a leak so all the amounts that could possible be lost are included into the clean up plans and have been approved by courts and govt regulators.

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