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Cost is at play in everything. Ignoring it for the sake of discussion does nothing. Do compare they price of single wall stove pipe to double wall chimney pipe.
by yostrovs 7y ago
Cost is at play in everything. Ignoring it for the sake of discussion does nothing. Do compare they price of single wall stove pipe to double wall chimney pipe. Almost an order of magnitude difference.
- falcolas 7y agoAnd yet all oil tankers have to be double hulled, for the exact same reasons. Why not pipes?
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoYes, there are such tight margins in oil extraction the majors barely stay in business. Little wonder they have to cut corners on safety for the sake of a few extra dollars.
- einpoklum 7y agoIf there is a need for oil, enough to merit extracting it with costly means and transporting it over thousands of miles, then surely there's a willingness to pay some more for it.
- mindslight 7y agoCost is at play in everything. If one could perfectly account for the expected costs of a true cleanup, then whether to use double walled pipe would be a boring actuarial decision. The problem is that we don't perceive the oil companies as ending up responsible for the damage they cause, due to government inaction and corruption.