Dolomiti wrote:

Oh, good grief

You do know that before the Spectra lines were put in, there were already large lines in JC? That those lines were aging, and replaced with the new lines? No - the project was to install a new line large pipeline (36" in diameter, there were no other lines near this size prior to Spectra) that is intended to serve NYC. Any replacement infrastructure that resulted from this project was minimal and ancillary.

You do know that there are gas lines running down every street in JC? Including right to your house? Those are local distribution lines - typically anywhere from a couple of inches to 8" in diameter and low compression. The Spectra line is a very high compression line - meaning it not only carries more gas because of its much larger diameter but that the gas is compressed in a way that adds considerably to higher volumes. The line can carry 800 million cubic feet per day, a little over 1% of the gas consumed in the US. If there are 315 million or so people, simple math would say the Spectra line could serve more than 3 million people (which it does - in NYC.) With a population of 270,000 or so, Jersey City doesn't have many streets with 3 million people living on them.

You do understand that just because a few workers in Alabama punctured a major gas line and caused an explosion, that does not guarantee that every single mile of pipeline will inevitably explode? While an isolated incident in a remote part of the line shouldn't affect other, distant parts, that pipeline isn't a "gas" pipeline (natural gas) - it's a refined products line. Refined products are not as volatile as natural gas.

You do understand that you are 25 times more likely to die from meningitis than from a pipeline explosion? You are more likely to die from a pipeline explosion in the US than Ebola and that didn't prevent people from wetting themselves over that, did it? (Hello Gov. Christie?) In fact, depending on the year, you are more likely to die from a pipeline explosion in the US that from "radical islamic terrorism" and yet we spend trillions on that...

You do understand that scaremongering does not result in encouraging proper oversight? See previous answer. Scaremongering is actually quite effective. In fact, there is an entire political party whose very existence is based on it.

CatDog wrote:
Pipeline explosion in Shelby, Alabama kills one and injures several others.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/ind ... as_line_explosion_se.html

I wonder how many of these pipelines that explode every year were the safest pipelines ever built. I wonder how long it will be until Jersey City is on fire.

CatDog wrote:
Pipeline explosion in Shelby, Alabama kills one and injures several others.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/ind ... as_line_explosion_se.html

I wonder how many of these pipelines that explode every year were the safest pipelines ever built. I wonder how long it will be until Jersey City is on fire.

stillinjc wrote:
Details inside:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/na ... ania-leaves-hurt-38759329

limak116 wrote:
I'd like to note that a pipeline that is in the middle of nowhere like the one that blew up is treated MUCH less stringently than one that is in a populated area like Jersey City. There are MUCH stricter regulations, inspection requirements, etc that come with being able to have a pipeline go through a populated area.

limak116 wrote:
I'd like to note that a pipeline that is in the middle of nowhere like the one that blew up is treated MUCH less stringently than one that is in a populated area like Jersey City. There are MUCH stricter regulations, inspection requirements, etc that come with being able to have a pipeline go through a populated area.