Keystone XL: What could possibly go wrong?

[Nbadan]

On March 29th, Exxon Mobile’s Pegasus pipeline burst in Mayflower, Arkansas, flooding a residential neighborhood with thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil. Many reports suggest the media is being kept away from the site. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is opening an investigation into the spill, which he says has “damaged private property and Arkansas’s natural resources”.

This amazing aerial footage of the Arkansas oil spill was captured by video journalist Adam Randall. Here is the video:



This is a minor spill compared to what would happen if Keystone broke...Don’t worry, I’m sure Exxon will clean up every bit of the nitrogen oxide, sulfurdioxide, mercury, benzene, cyanide, phenols, toluene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, copper, sulphate, and chloride in steams, lakes and the soil...

In addion, Although investment is pouring into Port Arthur’s refineries, the city itself has reaped little benefit. The old downtown’s Proctor Street, once lined with stately hotels, office buildings, and fancy cars is virtually abandoned. (One exception: a bar called Club Sistahs, which has some live bands.)

The blocks near the refineries have small, rundown homes. People living below the poverty line make up a quarter of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Per capita income is just two-thirds of the Texas average. Fewer than one in 10 people over age 25 have a college degree.

[ChumpDumper]

I haven't seen any report saying the media is being kept away from the site.

[Nbadan]

I haven't seen any report saying the media is being kept away from the site.

Duh!!

[ChumpDumper]

Many reports suggest the media is being kept away from the site.

Duh, indeed.

[Wild Cobra]

OK, how old is that pipeline? I read 65 years, which means it was built in 1948.

You know, any modern pipeline will be far better built, with spill containment built in.

Last wee, a train derailed containing oil, and made a big mess too. No matter how oil is transported, there is risk.

The argument here would be decommission all old pipelines and replace them with new.

[boutons_deux]

XL pipeline is of no advantage to USA, only to Canada for exporting Latin America. America's risk, no American gain

[boutons_deux]

OK, how old is that pipeline? I read 65 years, which means it was built in 1948.

You know, any modern pipeline will be far better built, with spill containment built in.

Last wee, a train derailed containing oil, and made a big mess too. No matter how oil is transported, there is risk.

The argument here would be decommission all old pipelines and replace them with new.

The pipeline construction company/Canadians have already rejected spending $10M on the latest leak detecting technology.

[boutons_deux]

Whistleblowers in Alaska said BP would not do preventive maintenance. the BP idea was to run everything until something breaks, leaks, explodes.

[TeyshaBlue]

Duh, indeed.

lol. I Googled "Mayflower, Arkansas Oil Spill" and stopped reading at 5 pages.

Good thing the media is being kept away from the site or the whole internets might explode!111!

[Drachen]

You know what's funny TB? I must be clairvoyant because I actually knew about this before I came in here to read this post. I saw it as the top news story a few days ago on CNN.com (with pictures of the oil flowing between houses and everything). Since we know that the media is being kept away, my clairvoyant mind must have superimposed the story over the real top story on cnn.com that day (probably a story about how great oil companies are for the environment since we know that they are shills).

[TeyshaBlue]

You are clairvoyant. You clair Voyants.

[Drachen]

You are clairvoyant. You clair Voyants.

Or I Clant Voyeurs?

[TeyshaBlue]

Or I Clant Voyeurs?

Hey, it's the 2000's. I dont care if you Clant or Clair...big boy.

[Wild Cobra]

The pipeline construction company/Canadians have already rejected spending $10M on the latest leak detecting technology.

Need to keep the leak from happening in the first place. Leak detection itself is simple, sending people out on occasion with ultrasound sensing equipment.

[Nbadan]

Duh, indeed.

Your an idiot. How many news trucks are in the video i posted from yesterday? None.

Oil is flowing down residential streets and there are no news trucks are in the area? Meanwhile, it's raining in SA news trucks all over SA Covering the water

Idiots!

[ChumpDumper]

Your an idiot. How many news trucks are in the video i posted from yesterday? None.

How many reports suggest the media is being kept from the site?

None.

How many reports focused on the neighborhood hit by the spill with full video and multiple photgraphs?

Many.

How many reports had a guy from the Sierra Club saying he walked all over the site?

At least one.

lol grammar

[Nbadan]

You know what's funny TB? I must be clairvoyant because I actually knew about this before I came in here to read this post. I saw it as the top news story a few days ago on CNN.com (with pictures of the oil flowing between houses and everything). Since we know that the media is being kept away, my clairvoyant mind must have superimposed the story over the real top story on cnn.com that day (probably a story about how great oil companies are for the environment since we know that they are shills).

You saw a picture on CNN?!?

Your an idiot

[TeyshaBlue]

"Your an idiot."
lol serendipity.

[ChumpDumper]

And if dudes can fly helicopters over the whole site unimpeded and take several minutes of video, I'm not sure what a ground viewing of the actual pipe break they are digging up will add.

It's a ty thing that happened, but I'm trying to figure out the conspiracy angle here.

[Wild Cobra]

And if dudes can fly helicopters over the whole site unimpeded and take several minutes of video, I'm not sure what a ground viewing of the actual pipe break they are digging up will add.

It's a ty thing that happened, but I'm trying to figure out the conspiracy angle here.

The only people who would gain from intentionally doing this, are those trying to stop keystone.

Bouton's and Dan are probably in on the conspiracy.

[Drachen]

You saw a picture on CNN?!?

Your an idiot

Funny, I remember typing that it was the top news story... Yes this story included pictures of the oil spill. Let me connect the dots for you. Pictures of the spill imply that they (news crews/photogs/etc) were close enough to the oil spill to take pictures of the oil spill.

I think the moral of this story is that Yoar an idiot.

[TeyshaBlue]

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/262...nsas-oil-spill
http://www.fox16.com/content/news/mayflower.aspx
http://wtvr.com/2013/04/01/arkansas-pipeline-leak/
http://www.katv.com/story/21840645/a...d-by-oil-spill

I'm sure these stories were gathered by using news Hamsters rather than news trucks.

[Drachen]

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/262...nsas-oil-spill
http://www.fox16.com/content/news/mayflower.aspx
http://wtvr.com/2013/04/01/arkansas-pipeline-leak/
http://www.katv.com/story/21840645/a...d-by-oil-spill

I'm sure these stories were gathered by using news Hamsters rather than news trucks.

Yore an idiot.

[TeyshaBlue]

Funny, I remember typing that it was the top news story... Yes this story included pictures of the oil spill. Let me connect the dots for you. Pictures of the spill imply that they (news crews/photogs/etc) were close enough to the oil spill to take pictures of the oil spill.

I think the moral of this story is that Yoar an idiot.

I'm telling ya....news hamsters.

[TeyshaBlue]

Yore an idiot.

Yuur and ideoit.