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Aside: These issues with shady ownership and responsibility are going to continue to be quite the issue. In the US, the current administration just relaxed rule
by Balgair 6y ago
Aside: These issues with shady ownership and responsibility are going to continue to be quite the issue. In the US, the current administration just relaxed rules for liquid-natural-gas transport on rail. Specifically, the LNG cars can now go 50mph+ in heavily populated areas, with no limit on the number of LNG cars [0]. When an issue occurs and someone dies, I suspect there will be a similarly long chain of shell companies for these LNG cars.
[0] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bomb-trains-1046481/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bomb-tra...
- francis_t_catte 6y agoah yes, I guess because the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster happened in Canada, the US shouldn't bother learning anything from it.
- paul_f 6y agoLiquid natural gas is not flammable and a tanker of LNG cannot explode unless hit with a missile. (correction, sorry, somebody could blow one up)
- Balgair 6y agoThat's just plain false: https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/lng/faq.html#900 https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/lng/faq.html#900 Yes, it needs an oxidizer. 5-15% LNG vapor to air is sufficient. Like in the case of a rail car being ruptured and leaking LNG.