The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 153
Rolling Oil and Gasoline Bombs
Another Great Reason To Switch To Ethanol
Originally published May 17, 2015
One of the big buzz-word stories on Sunday's TV news shows is the increasing
danger and damage caused by what has been termed "Rolling Bombs." The
term is used to describe what happens when railroad trains carrying petroleum
oil products derail or slam into obstacles on the tracks. The incidents often result
in human deaths, and they almost always cause significant damage to nearby
homes or commercial structures. Even when there are no collateral damages
caused by the explosions, oil spill damage affects human and animal life and
usually costs millions or billions of dollars to clean up.
In the past year alone there have been several such incidents in the U.S. and
Canada. One incident in Quebec resulted in 47 deaths. Because of increased
petroleum oil and gasoline shipments, the fear is that the regularity of these
disasters will increase and threaten towns and cities along every railway used.
