TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Economic Rating of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transport
AU - , Kenneth U. Nnadi 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
SP  - 304
EP  - 307
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2006.304.307
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2006.304.307
KW  - Pipeline
KW  -cost advantage
KW  -environmental compatibility
KW  -fluid transportation
AB  - The ancestry of the pipeline as a mode  transport in its own right is traced to as early as 400 BC. It is most suitable for  the transportation of gases and liquids, as well as any chemically stable substance. Technological advancement has extended the frontiers of  its application to the transportation of slurry and solid cargo. In the study, the pipeline is subjected to a comparison  with other modes, through the methodology of literature review and content analysis . It is found that the pipeline ranks ahead of road, rail, waterway and air in the long distance, strategic conveyance of fluid cargo. The major points of pipeline superiority include, among others, its climatic neutrality, geographical indifference, environmental friendliness and the declining long-run average cost curve associated with it.
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