line is safer than Trains to transfort oil

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Briefly explain 5 reasons why Pipeline is safer than Trains to transfort oil. 

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Pipeline:

  • A section of pipe used to transport liquids, gases, and slurries that is fitted with pumps, valves, and other control mechanisms.
  • The majority of nations have a vast pipeline infrastructure.
  • Their contribution to freight transportation and their significance to the economy are sometimes overlooked by the general public because they are typically out of sight.
  • However, pipelines are used to transmit almost all of the water from treatment plants to individual homes, all of the natural gas from wellheads to individual customers, and almost all of the long-distance oil overland transit.
  • Pipelines have long been favored over other modes of transport for liquid and gas over those like trucks and rail because they cause less environmental damage, are less likely to be stolen, and are more affordable, safe, convenient, and dependable.
  • Pipelines have been used to transport solids such as coal and other minerals over long distances as well as grain, rocks, cement, concrete, solid wastes, pulp, machine parts, books, and hundreds of other products over short distances, despite the fact that doing so is more difficult and expensive than doing so for liquid and gas.
  • The number of solid cargoes delivered by pipelines is growing.
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