Above that point it is worth spending the money to dig out the oil and even ship it out by rail, which is more
expensive than a pipeline.
Not exact matches
Climate scientists can't be sure how much sea level rise is in the
pipeline — by 2300, sea levels could be 3 metres higher
than today — but they can be sure that any delay will be
expensive.
But transporting oil from western Canada by
pipeline is less
expensive than shipping by rail, which requires specialized cars and / or specialized handling because of the very high viscosity of oil sands oil.