Keystone pipeline leak

[sk_wheatking]

Oh ffks. You and your crazy conspiracy b/s


The average person doesn't know a "cube" is a cubic meter or 1000 litres.

The average person also has no idea what a bbl/barrel is. Hell, I bet most farmers think it's a "barrel" of oil, not ~159 litres.

Everyone knows what a litre is.


If they wanted to shock and awe people, they would have converted it to millilitres.

A spill is a spill. I'm all for pipelines but this kind of cleanup actually more work than you think. Need to dig up all the dirt around the pipe and remove it, because the fractures aren't straight up to surface... and it's compromised the buffer around the pipe.

Still better than railcars falling into a river or blowing up.

The crude that got spilled isn't the problem, it's the produced water that's always an issue. This will be clean, .5 or less. Clean up will take a few days yes, but would be alot worse than if it had been 9m3 of produced water.
Why be so harsh too on the numbers? You dont think this is low hanging fruit for the leftist media going to liters? There are bigger accumulations of spilled oil on some farm yards than what got spilled here.

[Radical]

Wonder how much sewage goes into rivers and lakes every year,

[grassfarmer]

....There are bigger accumulations of spilled oil on some farm yards than what got spilled here....

More that 383,000 US gallons? Must be messy b#$%%^s.

Face it it's another epic fail by Jazz trying to create a story out of nothing. Funny how he listens to CBC given how much he claims to despise it?
Still won't comment on the Conservative dominated Standing Committee on Agriculture's poor track record of decision making though. Prefers to keep his ideology intact by making the facts negotiable.

[sumdumguy]

I can’t believe that bigger leaks still go undetected. You would think that soon as there is a leak, pressure falls off on receiving end. With the technology out there today and aircraft surveillance of the line, the leak would be addressed pronto. Wth! The natural gas line between shops in our farmyard is wrapped with a detector cable.

Also why are these line failures in N. Dakota? Huh? You would think that the failures would happen where there is ground shifting like earthquake zones and eroding slopes. Not flat, sandy prairie. Wondering....

[Guest]

What about the billions of liters of hydrocarbon based pesticides deliberately spread across the world on an annual basis

[fjlip]

What about the billions of liters of hydrocarbon based pesticides deliberately spread across the world on an annual basis

Well as we all know DILUTION is the key. Too much of even a GOOD thing can KILL you. The sun/UV rays DESTROY anything even us. Plastic, oil or pesticides are no match for sunshine.

[Oliver88]

For perspective, if this oil was all on one acre it would be 14.11” deep. Big deal CNN 👎

This is such an insignificant amount that they need to report by the litre to make it sound outrageous.

[GDR]

In our area there is a patchwork of pipelines carrying various products that would blow most people's minds. Looking at a pipeline map its hard to believe any one can build anything anywhere with all the setbacks. There are some newer ones but most are 40 to 60 yrs old. I have never heard of a local rupture yet (maybe go unreported who knows) but how come these leaks the last few years seem to be on the high profile lines? Could there be a sabotage component? The companies falling behind on their testing and inspections? Capacity pushed too hard due to lack of infrastructure? Dont know but if we want public acceptance for crying out loud they gotta stop the leaks.

And for those of you that think its an insignificant leak, what if it had been on your farm, wouldn't likely feel the same. It can be cleaned up, and it is not the end of the world but it's still a big spill.

[grassfarmer]

....And for those of you that think its an insignificant leak, what if it had been on your farm, wouldn't likely feel the same.....

Was just going to say that GDR.

[jazz]

I have got Enbridge L3 36 inch running right across a half section of mine. I dont worry about it in the slightest.