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bad timing pipeline spill

discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
in Iowa. 138,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/01/25/pipeline-leaks-thousands-gallons-diesel-northern-iowa/97051728/
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  • Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    So is there a good time for a spill
    I used to recruit for the NRA until they sold us down the river (again!) in Heller v. DC. See my auctions (if any) under username henryreilly
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no, of course, but bad PR since the DAPL has been ok'd. this just gives new points to protest
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    There IS a difference between a newly-constructed pipeline carrying goo and one that's been in the ground quite awhile.
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could you imagine how many spills there would be with trucks and trains carrying the amount of oil that these pipe lines do?
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    well the mandate is now to us american made pipe not cheapo chinese pipes[;)]
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is the chance some crazy fool may have sabotaged the pipe...
    "What is truth?'
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,166 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpageabc
    There is the chance some crazy fool may have sabotaged the pipe...
    My thought also. Other than that, if these "pipeline companies" want the American people on board, they should consider a bit of maintenance. Here is where we could learn something from China. If these "accidents" happen, high mucky mucks in the company should do 15 years hard time, on a chain gang. Bet the accidents would cease. They should also feel lucky, because in China they execute people like that sometimes.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
    quote:Originally posted by wpageabc
    There is the chance some crazy fool may have sabotaged the pipe...
    My thought also. Other than that, if these "pipeline companies" want the American people on board, they should consider a bit of maintenance. Here is where we could learn something from China. If these "accidents" happen, high mucky mucks in the company should do 15 years hard time, on a chain gang. Bet the accidents would cease. They should also feel lucky, because in China they execute people like that sometimes.


    Easy there fella! The CEO isn't the guy to hang. Pipeline crews that work 28 hours every day, finish as fast as possible for that bonus, and are speaking foreign languages would be the last hands on that pipe; and their performance is directly responsible for that pipes' longevity.
    The inspectors checking welds, the side-boomer drivers, the welders themselves, and the crews that coated/taped/wrapped it could be blamed also.
    There is a possibility that someone dug into, shot at, drilled or hammered into, or intentionally damaged that pipe.
    There are already almost as many pipeline rules & regulations as there are gun laws, and both can cause grievous harm in certain cases.

    Maintenance is also regulated, regular & roundly supported by the pipeline operators. It's like the advertising budget for most other businesses. It never goes away.
    Technology gave us the "smart" pig; an electronically enabled, pressure driven, pipe-sized plug that travels the interior of the pipe, scanning, sampling, tracking, inspecting, & reporting back to the technician.

    Pipeline safety is admirable, better than airlines, railroads, highways, or space travel. Except in parts of Africa, The middle east and Asia; something about war-torn $#!? holes and terrorists.
    If you knew how many Trillions of gallons weren't spilled in the last eighty years of pipeline use, you'd spit.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    its just a good thing we never had a fuel or oil spill till trump signed off on the new one



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill#Largest_oil_spills
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