> From 1994 through 2013, the U.S. had 745 serious incidents with gas distribution
This is incredibly misleading because of the scale and method of distribution. Tens of millions of houses in the US have gas pipelines leading directly into the kitchen! Of course there will be a lot of serious incidents.
If people shipped gas to their kitchen ranges by rail, there would be a lot more serious train incidents too!
Similarly, if you shut down pipelines, you have to include all TRUCK accidents as well, because trains are never going to solve the last-mile problem that pipelines already have.
I highlighted the bit associated with transmission vs distribution, but it’s not completely clear cut. Some issues with transmission resulted in distribution problems: https://youtu.be/QPL8dh6b1M0
Anyway, by far the safer solution is electricity not using rail or pipelines to move fossil fuels.
Tons of people (almost everyone in rural areas) do get their gas shipments by rail and truck. Although, in that case it tends to be LPG and not natural gas.
This is incredibly misleading because of the scale and method of distribution. Tens of millions of houses in the US have gas pipelines leading directly into the kitchen! Of course there will be a lot of serious incidents.
If people shipped gas to their kitchen ranges by rail, there would be a lot more serious train incidents too!
Similarly, if you shut down pipelines, you have to include all TRUCK accidents as well, because trains are never going to solve the last-mile problem that pipelines already have.