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originally posted by: dragonridr
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: machineintelligence
I would like to point out that there is over two million miles of oil and gas lines currently crisscrossing the country.
But this single thousand mile pipeline will destroy the world.
People don't think one will destroy the world. People are frustrated businesses get to express eminent domain to buy part of their land at market value, making it hard for them to sell and move once no one wants to live next to a pipeline.
Do these people get royalties? Nope. So they get screwed... And if a leak does happen, water can be tainted along with soil, or if it's natural gas and an anomaly happened with an explosion, a one mile~ blast radius can kill them.
They pay land owners for the use of the property. My aunt and uncle receive a check every month for use if their property. They regularly recieve a check for 8000.00. People make money if the pipeline is on your property.
TC energy is the canadian company and they even pay the state for transporting oil through it. What seems to be the problem is they used chinese steel and are dealing with that mistake. They have started a new program to xray the pipeline to replace sections before they fail.
Now here is what your not told its safer to transport oil by pipeline then trucks. Far more spils is spilled in truck accidents than in pipeline ruptures. For example this latest spill is about half an olympic size pool. They will go to the location dig up the dirt and remove the oil. Cleanups on highways are no where near this through. They pick up what they can with sand ,Then simply wash the area with soap and water and get traffic going again.
originally posted by: rickymouse
It was not sabatage, it was some sort of failure.
I wonder if it was in the area where the native Americans were worried about it screwing up the environment? Probably, they probably sensed that they would somehow screw them over by dumping a bunch of poison on the land.
originally posted by: PhilbertDezineck
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: machineintelligence
I would like to point out that there is over two million miles of oil and gas lines currently crisscrossing the country.
But this single thousand mile pipeline will destroy the world.
You seem to know the oik biz may I ask in a sealed system under pressure how does it leak and where could it of leaked at?
originally posted by: Wardaddy454
originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
a reply to: machineintelligence
It's just greed and most of this stuff is done on purpose.
How so?
originally posted by: HalWesten
Gas is down to almost $2/gal in our area so something had to happen to boost it back up. All it takes is someone to sneeze the wrong way somewhere around the world and gas goes back up for a while.