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		bagels on June 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TC Energy scraps Keystone XL pipeline project afte... The economics of shipping oil by plane vs train, tanker or pipeline are laughably poor.

postalrat on June 10, 2021 [–]

Trains are pretty laughable compared to pipes https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-263B-3126

If paywalled maybe you can still see https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-FR879_expert_G_...

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