Hi Portland!
I actually LOVE "plastic"... But used as "fossil fuels" for transportation, and burned and exhausted into my face/air (and yours, and your kids and your friends and neighbours?), not so much...
In many cities in Ontariario (including my little one-horse town), we currently have a bit of a fight on our hands, against the electric bicycle... And our province is "heavily addicted" to the automobile (watt most might call the "car")...
In my life I was supposed to "wear many hats", but did at least go to some universities and colleges to study stuff like marketing and accounting (Yah, I ended up as one of *those*... I'm so embarrassed... Please don't rub it in...Hehe)
Anyway... Putting two of my hats on (marketing/accounting), to promote the electric bicycle, ya maybe could make it cheaper and better than the options for transportation to get around in our little burg. We may also have a "problem" with the 20th-century horseless carriage that it may cause some folks to get "over weight"... So folks in your town must be all slim? Some of them maybe don't pedal themselves to their favourite take out "fast food" restaurant, etc?
And our "health care INDUSTRY" is maybe in part "fed" by folks that misbehave in their vehicles on our roads/highways... maybe to the detrement of others... That is actually one of the things I sorta LOVE about the bicycle (and tricycle, whether with electric assist or not), that riders and passengers get to share/accept at least some of the risk in travelling around (watt makes travel inherently safer for others?) ... Perhaps Oregon is entirely populated with folks that care about their families and friends and neighbours... lucky you!
Anyway... Back to the matter at hand (this thread)...
You said:
why people manufacture a crisis about the normal business of building pipeline to transport the oil but never spend the time to understand the risk of transporting it by rail.
"Manufacture" a crisis? So, the insurance industry "manufactures" risks? Watt IS an acceptable level of risk for transporting liquid oil please?
And so these pipelines last forEVer? Or do they require at least *some* maintenance? Any chance some "unforeseen" situation arises?
You said:
why not go picket the house of the engineer who cut those tanker cars free so they roll down into town that night.
Actually, cars and trucks and buss's (almostly entirely gasoline or diseasal-powered) drive pass my house/neighbourhood constantly... it's maybe like a slow-motion constant Lac-Megantic explosion?
You said:
it it the fault of the pipeline builders
No. I suppose it is the fault of the pipeline *maintainers*...
You said:
experienced engineers and contractors don't mean a thing to the luddites.
Actually, the first University I went to was to become an "EE" (electrical engineer), and I used to enjoying playing with electrical things as a kid... But yes, it is true, I have never been a contractor.
You said:
where do you guys come from?
Well, personally, I was born in Victoria (on an island on watt some might term the Canadian "Wet Coast" in the province of British Columbia), and have lived on one coast or the other, with a brief spell in Ottawa (Ontario, our nations capital city), plus for three years outside London, England, where I got to holiday lots around England and on the european continent... Since 1973 I have been living in Toronto (watt some might say "stuck in the armpit of Canada").
Guess I might go on, but you might forgive some others that might see your view as "myopic"? Or maybe that you didn't think, before you wrote?
I know... It's a long way between Oregon and Toronto, but on a clear day, can you see me waving when you stand at the top of Mount Hood? How about laughing at you?
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