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so i could be wrong, skinny in he hood is that KM is heading north to Yukon and through Alaska. BC is so yesterday, heard some contracts have been signed.
 

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so i could be wrong, skinny in he hood is that KM is heading north to Yukon and through Alaska. BC is so yesterday, heard some contracts have been signed.


That would be awesome.
US would benefit instead of BC, what a joke on BC.
Only thing they would get is high gas prices......IF the tap even stays on!
 

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maybe cuz it's only open 4 months of the year????/

I was wondering the same thing, thought I heard Hudson Bay was only open 4 months of the year for shipping, I wonder how much shorter the window would be for supertankers, or if they would allow them through that passage considering its the worst area in the world for icebergs.

Not unlike the idea of rail to Alaska, some pretty extreme weather and swampy ground in the summer. When you get to the brass tacks, can it be done feasibly?
 

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I was wondering the same thing, thought I heard Hudson Bay was only open 4 months of the year for shipping, I wonder how much shorter the window would be for supertankers, or if they would allow them through that passage considering its the worst area in the world for icebergs.

Not unlike the idea of rail to Alaska, some pretty extreme weather and swampy ground in the summer. When you get to the brass tacks, can it be done feasibly?

There are already tracks to Hay River, NWT. Possibly follow the AK highway from Dawson Creek. The cold would be a problem but would it be worse than the avalanche debris through BC?
 

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Less chance of a spill with pipelines plus it ships more continuously. Trains derail and can only transport so much at once very uneconomical and unenviromental as trains burn diesel.
 

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Less chance of a spill with pipelines plus it ships more continuously. Trains derail and can only transport so much at once very uneconomical and unenviromental as trains burn diesel.

A question here; what fuel do they use to push the product through the pipelines? Is it a combination of electricity, LNG, or what that gets the required pressure in the pipe? Never actually thought about it before.
 

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A question here; what fuel do they use to push the product through the pipelines? Is it a combination of electricity, LNG, or what that gets the required pressure in the pipe? Never actually thought about it before.


If it is gas you use gas compression, if is liquids they will be using pumps and boost stations along the way to maintain line pressure. Likely all the gas compression will run off large gas turbines, smaller apps will have reciprocating compression. If the gas is very sour or noise is an issue they often use an electric driver for compression. For the pumps anywhere that has access to electricity it is the most logical driver of the pumps.
 
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