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The core reason is the USA's addiction to foreign oil.
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Shit happens. In any complex system, accidents and breakdowns will occur.

And it happens in pipelines, too. They just aren't reported as much in the oil-industry controlled American press--because of politics.

Try googling "Canadian pipeline spills"...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/pipeline-company-faces-greater-scrutiny-after-recent-spills-in-alberta-1.1354170

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/crow-reservation-gasoline-spill_n_3550728.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323683504578563450142548548.html

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