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by BurningFrog 91 days ago
Pipelines are by far the best option for large-volume oil freight on land!

Note that it takes about 10000 trucks to carry the 2 million barrels of oil in one typical oil tanker.

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I can't believe that I didn't think of a pipeline first. So... yes.

Also another argument against trucks: they consume fuel to carry fuel.

> I can't believe that I didn't think of a pipeline first.

Don't feel bad, a pipeline is just a different type of train. The tracks are hollow and the cars are molecular in size.