Not Sure This Is Making America Great Again
There have been 17 “significant” pipeline incidents (defined in the article linked above) thus far in 2019.
According to the chief of the local police department, “There’s extensive damage throughout the city.” Area residents reported damaged homes, with some suffering shattered glass and blown-off doors. Three workers at the plant also suffered minor injuries.
Going out on a limb here, I would argue that the health and safety of the American people is integral to the concept of making America great again.
Craig,
Where there is any industrial process, there will always be a risk of fire or similar disaster.
How would the Clean Air Act have helped prevent an industrial accident? It wouldn’t, but you just have to politicize even the most irrelevant occurrences as a means criticizing the present administration.
As for pipelines:
17 “incidences” is a very, very good safety record!
Considering the 17 recorded incidents involve pipelines carrying natural gas, oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, carbon dioxide, and other substances.
To qualify as an incident, any one or a combination of the following criteria must be involved;
A) a fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization
b) $50,000 or more in total costs.
C) liquid releases of five or more barrels(210 gallons)
d) releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion
Pipelines are incredibly safe and getting safer. New pipeline technology has advanced dramatically. New pipeline technology is very environmentally intrusive.
The alternative is the environmentally disastrous,hazardous and inefficient transport of these substances by Rail.
So why do are you an advocate for rail ?
Could it be you don’t want to offend ol’ Warren Buffett and the hundreds of millions he donates to the Democrat campaign funds to lobby for his Railroad interests?
Surely not!? I’m sure the DNC will refuse to take his money!
(Coal is pretty safe to ship, if it spills, you can just shovel it up)
The US pipeline network is truly vast. So large in fact that no one really know how big, but it’s estimated at more than 2 million miles and carrying over 1 trillion gallons annually.(gas translated into gls from cubic feet).
In comparison, 8,400 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from Cottonwood, Minnesota pipeline seems pretty trivial.
Of course, that’s not to say the people affected by a spillage don’t suffer, or that spillages and incidents aren’t regrettable, but they must be seen in proportion.
Pipelines are incredibly safe and environmental.