Chemical spill in W.Va.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

We are all guilty.

Pete

So, we should do nothing?

Just carry on and not worry about it, because we're afraid it might take effort and cost us?

Sometimes this line of thinking makes me glad to be childless. I can't imagine what this place might look like in a hundred years, anyways.

Not sayin' it's you, Pete. I'm just sayin'.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Nothing wrong with a punch in the nose there Dave. Don't HAVE to shewt'em, but it wouldn't hurt

Pete

I don't believe in quelling non-violent protest. Even if the idiots protesting disgust me. Give them a piece of my mind, perhaps. Hurt anyone over it? Never. I've grown up, in that regard.

Besides, I've been present when force was used to disperse peaceful protesters. It wasn't pretty. (At the behest of coal mine owners.)

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Native American Wannabes give me a case of the ass.

That Dude was a spaghetti bender.

His parents were both right off the boat from Sicily just like my uncle Frank was for Christ sake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnhNutY78o

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

So, we should do nothing?

Just carry on and not worry about it, because we're afraid it might take effort and cost us?

Sometimes this line of thinking makes me glad to be childless. I can't imagine what this place might look like in a hundred years, anyways.

Not sayin' it's you, Pete. I'm just sayin'.

Dave

A my age I probably won't see the effects, it is these two that concern us.

[piece-itpete]

To say we don't have regulation is very untrue. There is no way to completely not pollute.

-unless we move manufacturing off the planets surface

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

To say we don't have regulation is very untrue. There is no way to completely not pollute.

-unless we move manufacturing off the planets surface

Pete

Yes, there is regulation.

The question is; Why do we fight it so?

The answer is; Because we don't want to pay for it.

Dave

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

To say we don't have regulation is very untrue. There is no way to completely not pollute.

-unless we move manufacturing off the planets surface

Pete

I heard that those tanks in WV haven't been inspected since 1991.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Native American Wannabes give me a case of the ass.

That Dude was a spaghetti bender.

His parents were both right off the boat from Sicily just like my uncle Frank was for Christ sake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnhNutY78o

That's the joke.

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Since 9/11 I have become very leary of people that make a big deal out of displaying the American Flag.

There are just too many similarities to:

Agreed for the most part. I avoid any company that had "Patriot" or "freedom" in their name as well.

[Rajoo]

The chemical overflowed a containment area around the tank run by Freedom Industries, which supplies products for the coal-mining industry. It migrated over land and through the soil into the river. The leak happened about a mile upriver from the West Virginia American Water plant.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/12/us/wes...minated-water/

The secondary containment should not have overflown if it was properly sized. Typically, secondary containment is at a minimum the size of the tank, so in case of a leak, all of the chemical in the tank is contained. This will surely be raised but too late.