What is missed by KM opponents, is the fact that a new KM pipeline would reduce the risk over the status quo if it was forced to unload at Robert's bank - not Burnaby- the overall chances of an onroute spill reduced, by modernizing monitoring, alarm and control functions on the existing route, eliminating the dangerous Burrard Inlet tanker route.

Since there is plenty of pipe/rail capacity available over the next ten years, enviro arguments about increased GHG's are nonsense.

In fact, now that EV's are competitive with fossil vehicles and zero net carbon Gen IV nuke based synfuels at a fraction the cost of petrol are coming on the market soon, the time frame to recover the pipeline investment is extremely short. Much wiser to invest in the far safer option of steam heat rail cars to carry the tar to market. At least the railcars can be repurposed when the petrol market collapses.