The way the media writes about coal sands oil is like its cyanide, its still only oil for for Christ sakes.
Anything to attack our economy and free enterprise.
It’s only oil, NOT. It is a slurry of chemicals to make it flow, thick tarry oil with lots of sand. It is highly abrasive and corrosive and called “dilbit” or dilute bitumen. It broke an Enbridge pipe at a tributary of the Kalamazoo River and has already cost over a $billion in cleanup since 2010, and is still not clean. On the other hand rail cars need to be of a special sort for maximum safety. The Lac Megantic rail car explosion was from ND Bakkan oil, probably high in dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas. Any oil transported through NJ should not be parked on a grade with faulty braking and no guards. Fortunately, most of the railroads and oil tanks are on level ground. Will NJ use off shore wind power?? We all want more power, what price are we willing to pay?? Here is a link for hundreds of photos of a huge pipeline explosion in Qingdao China last year that killed 55 people and was covered up there and in the US just prior to Biden’s visit.
https://www.google.com/search?q=qingdao+pipeline+explosion&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=fgSVUpfgN9SosATK44CABQ&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=652
Here are hundreds of photos of the Lac Megantic train explosion that killed 47 people last year.
https://www.google.com/search?q=megantic+oil+train+explosion&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BBWVUoO1Mue_sQSTuYGACw&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=652
Suggest Google Kalamazoo River Oil Spill, Qingdao Pipeline Explosion, and Lac Megantic train disaster for more details on precise findings and potential safety fixes. Even if we wanted to go all renewables, it would take time, never be completely doable, and we must urge our legislators to demand appropriate safety fixes on oil, gas, and coal.