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That is the worst attempt at an argument - just throw everything from all of history to "win" your argument. We are talking about isolated events. You need to d
by paulnpace 2y ago
That is the worst attempt at an argument - just throw everything from all of history to "win" your argument. We are talking about isolated events. You need to do something besides troll HN. It isn't beneficial to anyone.
- ceejayoz 2y agoFine, let's talk isolated events. Your supposed "one of the largest" isn't on the list at all at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_disaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_disaster. Your link says things like "no evidence to that date of human injury or wildlife die-off", "the remaining contaminants will be diluted to a point where there will be no danger to users", "By August 11, pollutant levels at Durango returned to pre-incident levels", etc. It was a short-lived discharge of polluted waters into an area already devastated by the closed mine operations, the sort of discharge that pre-EPA went straight into the rivers as a matter of course. It's one of many mining and industry-related disasters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_disasters#Mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_disaster...), appears to be not particularly notable amongst them, and it seems was singled out primarily by you for the "it was an EPA contractor that broke the plug" clickbait aspect.