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Posted on 11/16/2021 3:25:21 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators have proposed suspending a Trump administration rule that would have allowed railroads to haul liquefied natural gas while they take a closer look at the potential safety risks.
The rule, which was backed by both the natural gas and freight rail industries, had already been on hold because several environmental groups and 14 states filed lawsuits challenging it.
The federal Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said the uncertainty about the rule also kept companies from investing in the specialized rail tank cars that were required, so railroads haven’t actually handled any shipments of the flammable and odorless liquid known as LNG since the rule was issued last summer.
The rule would have required enhancements — including a thicker outer tank made of steel with a greater puncture resistance — to the approved tank car design that, for decades, has been approved for shipments of other flammable cryogenic materials, such as liquid ethylene and liquid ethane.
But in their lawsuit, environmental groups argued that those new railcars, which have yet to be built, were untested and might not withstand high-speed impacts, increasing the threat of an explosive train derailment along rail lines that cross directly through the heart of most cities.
“We don’t believe that LNG by rail should have ever been authorized in the first place, so we look forward to the authorization being suspended,” said Bradley Marshall, who is a senior attorney with Earthjustice which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the environmental groups.
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Deep State’s war on the middle class continues apace.
Thousands and thousands of jobs will not be created.
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Asspress now says the bad guys are “federal regulators.”
They also believe it should not be by pipeline
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They were not saying that when the first LNG Russian tanker ever landed on the East coast last month, eh.
Eliminate pipelines to transport NG, eliminate rail to transport LNG. Wonder how high the price will go?
Its OK to import it, but not to export it. Better to pay Russian prices than harm the environment and the children. New leftist rule : We screw you, you scream, we smile.
The dems are shutting down pipelines and halted the XL Pipeline. Meanwhile there are thousands of miles of petroleum and gas pipelines criss-crossing America for decades with nary a leak compared to rail derailments. The Alaska pipeline is an incredible story of success.
Well, wait until Warren Buffet finds out and makes the appropriate phone calls.
However, he isn’t going to do anything for free, so expect his transportation costs to go up and everything thereafter with it.
Interestingly, these regulators want to discuss the safety of liquified natural gas on a rail car. Folks the railroads carry some of the nasty stuff on the planet.
Stuff with a name that is around 28 letters long and usually ends in ‘ide’, ‘ene’, ‘ine’. None of which are good. In fact, some of that stuff has to travel by rail as it’s deemed safer than loading it and transporting it via tractor trailer.
Those in the LNG industry are soooo screwed. Best form of energy ever.
“Stuff with a name that is around 28 letters long and usually ends in ‘ide’, ‘ene’, ‘ine’. None of which are good…”
We called it Methyl Ethyl Death.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha......... I forgot about that one.
I worked for one of the railroads and taught a class for local cops about what to do when a train hit a person or car.
Showed them a few videos of the trains doing their thing and, believe it or not, they paid attention for 4 hours.
When they were shown the video of the rail yard in Texarkana looking like Armageddon they were all awake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUCKxvBM0ww
So, you are for banning dihydrogenmonoxide?
I’m not for banning anything.
And I’m certainly 100% okay with NOT banning water.
All I know, from my time with the rail road, and the point of my original statement was....there’s some really nasty stuff on those trains. Stuff that is loaded into those rail cars by guys wearing hazmat suits. Ergo, liquid natural gas is the least of my concern.
The war on America just went nuclear.
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