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The Colonial Pipeline spill has caused 6 states (Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina) to declare a state of emergency. Gasoline (petrol) prices on the east coast are likely to spike. Yet, most puzzling is how this vast emergency and its likely effect on cost of living has gone unnoticed by mainstream media outlets. The pipeline is owned by Koch Industries: is this why the media is silent?
[Are there any Soylentils in the affected area who can corroborate this story? Have you heard of the spill, seen long gas lines, or any price gouging? -Ed.]
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Six US States Declare Emergency after Major Gasoline Pipeline Spill; Media Almost Silent
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Monday September 19 2016, @12:52PM
Pipelines leak, a lot, even when they're functioning normally. They only get fixed when it's economically advantageous to do so, and it's really expensive to find and fix pipeline leaks, so they go on for a long long time before being addressed.
If the contract for the pipeline included adequate monitoring and shutdown upon leak detection, a pipeline could be relatively environmentally friendly - but adequate monitoring and shutdown upon leak detection would make the pipeline so much more expensive that carriage by rail tanker would be cheaper. And, of course, rail tankers leak... occasionally catastrophically.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by rts008 on Monday September 19 2016, @01:08PM
And your point is...what, exactly?
If the money spent on pipeline mishap cleanup and repair over the decades, was spent on advancing clean power infrastructure instead, we would not be having this conversation.
Instead, the rich get richer at our expense, AND we have to pay to fix their fuck-ups, yet again. I'm sick and tired of it.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday September 19 2016, @01:30PM
My point is: pipelines are a lot worse for the environment than most people think. They _can_ be operated cleanly, but at greater expense, and that's not why pipelines are built. Pipelines are built to save money.
"Advancing clean power infrastructure" is a noble goal, one I hope we pursue.
Meanwhile, your 401(k) is calling for higher returns, this quarter, and clean power infrastructure doesn't support that goal.
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(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday September 19 2016, @01:37PM
Well, until your last sentence, we are in agreement.
There is no 'my 401k', that disappeared in 2008 with the 'crash'.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @01:45PM
That makes 0 sense unless you did not invest your 401K into an Index fund, as all those stocks not only rebounded but also increased year over year.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @02:34PM
Unless you are just about to retire, your 401k probably shouldn't care less about 1 quarters performance and be invested for the long term.
America, long term, ROFLMAO.