• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I’m sure the new pipeline will fix all of these issues and we won’t have a single spill or accident. /s

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      9 months ago

      I don’t support the pipeline being built but this was an oil storage tank that went for a tumble in a landslide, the kind that are absolutely everywhere. This is so unrelated to pipelines it hurts.

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        9 months ago

        But it is related to oil companies just doing things without enough consideration for how things can go wrong while dealing with a substance that can cause a huge mess when they do go wrong.

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          9 months ago

          This isn’t an oil company though. It’s a local paving company… It was a landslide, government should of stepped in immediately and sent the company a bill for remediation.

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            9 months ago

            Yeah I should have just said most corporations. It’s just like the rail companies with their accidents. Maximizing profits these days involves taking on a bunch of risk for more reward, but it’s all just financial risk to them while random people and animals in their vicinity taking on the real risk.