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To: kidl who wrote (20905)	1/31/2013 9:48:32 PM
From: johnlw	4 Recommendations Respond to of 24905

Interesting kidl. I was out for my ski today....our trail system follows a creek which in turned has a CN railine on the other side. I was thinking it was about time for the natives or shrubs to try and blockade the railways carrying crude and here you post this article. It seems every day there is a story about more crude being moved by rail. They have painted themselves in a corner. They are not going to stop production of the oil sands. They have forced the hand of the producers to find alternative means of transporting product. The alternative is not as environmentally friendly as their initial scapegoat. The alternative isn't as "transparent" or at least as amenable to public discussion. They exist, they are in place. They are open for business. They essentially operate as a god like entity. I am sure the idea of some kids from 350.org protesting out front has Mongeau and Harrison crapping their pants I base my thoughts and most of my posts on my own experience. There has been a pipeline under our farm since the mid fifties. No issue. The area I live in is surrounded by thousands of kilometres of various kinds of pipelines. I have worked around pipelines, installed and maintained controls on them, drive over them them every day. I can't recall more than a handful of incidents. All were reacted to and repaired quickly. Back to the railway along our creek. A few years ago they had a derailment on a trestle within sight of my deck. CN virtually locked down the area, took control of city streets, smothered access and information. Luckily for our community there were no hazardous goods in the cars that derailed along the creek. I am thankful that trains of oil are not yet scheduled to run along this line. I can live quite easily with all the pipelines from Edmonton-Hardisty that are north and east of us. The idea of trains moving around the countryside with millions of litres of oil in them gives me the creeps.