Stop These Dangerous Pipelines!

[MineralMan]

Out of sight and almost never even thought of are miles and miles of pipelines carrying potentially explosive, highly flammable materials. They are everywhere. They are in your city, running under the street, and even through your yard. If they leak, the result can be powerful explosions and fires. These occur hundreds of times each year, causing serious damage and even deaths, but aren't covered by the dreaded national MSM.

Is there a dangerous pipeline under your street? Your home? The answer is almost certainly YES!

For more information on this threat, see this link:

http://www.naturalgas.org/naturalgas/distribution.asp

Should these dangerous pipelines be banned?

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[MineralMan]

1. Update: Vote in the Poll in the OP.

I added it so we could get the feel of how DUers feel about the danger of pipelines in every city.

[cali]

2. I honestly don't know the answer to this

After the Lac Megantic disaster I did a lot of research. Here's what's clear to me now:

Oil and other dangerous cargo will continue to be transported across Canada and the U.S. Rail transport has seen astonishing increases over the past few years.

Rail transport is hazardous. There are few safe tankers. The wait for double hulled tankers is about two years and they're more expensive. The rail infrastructure is in poor condition in many places and transport goes through populated areas. Regulation is lacking.

Potential pipeline accidents are more of a threat to the environment in that pipeline spills are larger than rail accident spills.

[Junkdrawer]

3. Cute....

Wonder how Obama/Kerry will rule on Keystone?

Wonder no more.

[cali]

6. OK, so he doesn't approve Keystone. Do you think that

will stop or slow production of oil from the tar sands? It hasn't and it won't.

That oil will be transported via rail which is manifestly unsafe.

As I said, I don't know what the answer is, but it's not like not approving it will solve the problem.

[NYC_SKP]

4. No; Of Course Not; That's Crazy Talk!

Banned?



OTOH, plans for the XL pipeline that only brings foreign fossil fuel to foreign customers (unless I'm mistaken) should be scrapped.

I'm more concerned about offshore pipelines, 45,000 miles of them underwater in the Gulf of Mexico alone, IIRC.

[TeeYiYi]

5. Unrec...

My friend almost died when he walked into his house with a lit cigarette in his mouth. The door slammed shut behind him; then the house exploded and blew him out onto the front lawn.

He had 3rd degree burns over 90% of his body. He was never the same.

The gas company had been working on those "dangerous pipelines" in his neighborhood that day and had forgotten to re-light the pilot lights in his house.

Those very same "dangerous pipelines" are a part of the crumbling infrastructure that is a sad fact in these United States. So, good luck with that. Hope you're feeling smugly safe and nothing suddenly explodes around you or your loved ones.

TYY

[petronius]

7. Banned? No. But they should be rationally and reasonably regulated,

which might include excluding them from places where the risk/cost of their presence outweighs the benefits...