Rogues not allowed to have card drawGadgetzan Auctioneer , <| sep |> Neither does your mom . <| sep |> judging by the frequency and severity of pipeline spillsAgain , this is completely unfounded and statistics back this up . You really think an average of 8 spills a year is bad ? Based on how many millions of barrels of oil and gas is being moved ? Your analogy was stupid but let ' s go with it . You say that if you had a truck that broke down 8 times a year , you ' d be pissed . Sure , assuming you drove it the average 15 k 20 k kms a year . But what if you were putting on 100 s of millions of kms a year ? 8 break downs over that kind of mileage really doesn ' t sound so bad . usaikoshocker said it best , you are incredibly naive and base your opinions on emotions rather than fact , just like so many protestors . Speaking of facts , let ' s break those down a bit . The average of 8 accidents per year from 20102014 includes all spills gas , oil , and water . It also doesn ' t tell the whole story . A couple important points to keep in mind In 2015 there was a grand total of 0 accidents which was down from 5 in 2014 . All this despite an increase in pipeline activity of 1 % from 2014 . With regards to release of product , from 20062015 there were 41 recorded accidents that resulted in a release . 20 of those were gas related and 13 crude oil . The remaining 8 aren ' t mentioned but these are likely brackish water releases . Of the crude spills , 61 . 5 % were less than 10 barrels in size . The fact remains , pipelines are the safest way to move oil and gas . I ' ll leave it with this quote from the sspo 2015 . asp . A general indicator of pipeline transportation safety in Canada is the pipeline accident rate . The 2015 rate was 0 pipeline accidents per exajoule , down from 0 . 3 in 2014 , and down from the annual average of 0 . 6 in 2010 to 2014 .