There have been quite a few pipeline ruptures lately. Problem is, once they break no one is awake or on call to shut off the flow.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Last time I studied this (admittedly in the 70s), pipelines were much safer > than rail or road. This was in SoCal so I'm pretty sure geological > instability was a consideration. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > > Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:02 PM > > To: 'Curt Raymond' <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; 'Mercedes Discussion List' > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Greg Fiorentino <greg.fiorent...@comcast.net> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The sky is falling! > > > > I don't have comparative statistics (not so easy to find unbiased info), > but my > > impression is that rail shipments go through populated areas and have > killed > > many people. One incident I read about in Quebec killed 47. The stuff I > read > > about pipelines is that they pollute when there are leaks, and that the > leaks > > are fewer, but spill more oil. My bias goes to saving more lives. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:13 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Cc: Curt Raymond > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The sky is falling! > > > > Depends on how you define dangerous. Pipelines leak and spill oil, one of > the > > big concerns the Keystone folks tried to ignore in Nebraska was sensitive > > ecosystems. They claimed their poop don't stink... > > -Curt > > > > > > > > From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Greg Fiorentino <greg.fiorent...@comcast.net> > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 5:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The sky is falling! > > > > The important thing is that rail transport of petroleum is dangerous. > Look > at > > the number of disasters this has caused. Pipeline is much safer. The oil > will be > > moved somehow. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > > Kaleb C. > > Striplin via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 11:11 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The sky is falling! > > > > Which by some strange coincidence Obama does not want it. Hmmmm > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > His company owns the railroads that are transporting the oil, last > > > thing > > he wants is more pipelines unless he buys/owns a (Keystone) pipeline > > company. > > > > > > --R > > > > > >> On 12/18/15 1:16 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > >> As to the export of crude, my thought is Warren Buffet is buying into > > >> an > > oil company and/or a pipeline company and maybe we need the Keystone > > project after all. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
