But what the hell, if it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go! Amirite?
A natural gas pipeline operated by TransCanada exploded and caught fire in a rural part of western Canadan early on Saturday, putting fresh focus on the firm’s safety record ahead of a crucial White House decision over a controversial cross-border project. The explosion happened near Otterburne, Manitoba, about 15 miles south of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. The area was evacuated as a precaution, said the National Energy Board (NEB), which oversees parts of Canada’s energy industry. No injuries were reported but the fire burned for more than 12 hours.
The explosion comes as some environmentalists are raising concern about the safety of TransCanada’s pipelines. The company is currently making a big lobbying push to convince the U.S. government to allow TransCanada to deliver oil from Canada’s oil sands through the United States in its controversial Keystone XL pipeline. After the explosion, pictures of balls of flames poured into Twitter and television stations. The line was shut down and depressurized to contain the fire, the NEB said, adding it would work with the federal Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause. A TransCanada spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment. About 4,000 residents and other customers may be without natural gas for at least a day, according to Manitoba Hydro, the provincial government-owned energy utility. Temperatures in the province are well below freezing.
Had Hillary been president the Keystone pipline would have been built long ago and shale oil would be flowing through it today. Something the THIRD WAY organization has been calling for since Hillary was the Sec. of State. The Third Way was founded by ex-Clinton administration employees Jonathan Cowan and Matt Bennett. By all measure it’s a corporate funded, an anti-populist, anti-Elizabeth Warren think tank which strongly supports Hillary for president. JONATHAN COWAN, once founded a group called “Lead……or Leave.” That group got ALL of its funding from Pete Peterson. Cowan left the group when Bill Clinton hired him.
“… and shale oil would be flowing through it today…”.
This is true, imho. However, I also think a more complete answer would be that the diluted bitumen would be flowing not just through it, but also under it, next to it, etc., via some leak, and would be making its way to some soil or the bottom of a stream near you.
And of course since the stuff is not truly “oil”, no oil company has to worry about cleaning it up. Just another external expense that corporations can foist off on the 99%.
Just like any other infrastructure, pipelines age. There was a study done a few years back that found 10’s of thousands of miles of pipeline in the US in need of major repair. Odd how you never hear about that report anymore, huh?