Porter Ranch Gas Leak [Kind of a big deal]

[Pairaclities]

You do know there are no space shuttle launches any more, groveller?

Ok, who is servicing the space station? And what is the fuel to get there every 3 months?
Hint, does not have to be the US to qualify.

How many private company rockets are fired every year around the world to win the $$$million prize?

How many liters of jet fuel are burned every day in the US without any emission controls?

How many well around the world emit large quantities of gases and oils due to incompetent infrastructure?

Kind of dwarfs the NOX issue for VW who is only not compliant with some of the vehicles in a US environment which has no clue how to monitor of enforce its own regulations. A private group pointed out the possibility of cheat devices which the EPA had no clue existed.
What do 50,000 people employed in an environmental agency do every fucking day besides go into a closed mine and breach the dam that holds back toxic water, and release it into a major watershed affecting millions of people without consequences.

Protection Agency my ass.

 

[Disgustipated]

As a great business mode described by 5-Inches of Dumbfuck, the Gas Co. is putting some of the residents up in mansions in exchange to not sue.

 

[Lancecastor]

As a great business mode described by 5-Inches of Dumbfuck, the Gas Co. is putting some of the residents up in mansions in exchange to not sue.

What are you getting out of the deal?

 

[RoryN]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Porter-Ranch-Gas-Leak-Capped-368523971.html

Leak has supposedly been stopped.

 

[thør]

Watch the gas flow stop.

 

[Lancecastor]

If Luk looks a bit messy today, it's because he used his hair gel to stop the leak.

http://www.allure.com/images/beauty-products/hair/2012/paul-mitchell-mitch-steady-grip.jpg

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

And of course they're resisting new testing and monitoring legislation.

 

[phrodeau]

http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/09/13/64617/socal-gas-must-pay-4-million-for-not-immediately-r/

SoCal Gas has reached a $4 million settlement with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, according to a statement released Tuesday by the office. It requires the utility to pay the maximum legal fine, as well as adopting additional safety measures beyond what's required by law at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility.

As part of the plea, SoCal Gas is being ordered to pay $307,500, which includes a $75,000 fine and a penalty of $232,500. They're also being required to install and maintain an infrared methane monitoring system at Aliso Canyon that will cost between $1.2 million and $1.5 million, along with real-time pressure monitors at each gas well that is tested and certified by an outside company retained by SoCal Gas.

SoCal Gas also has to hire six full-time employees to operate and maintain the new detection systems 24 hours a day, which will cost approximately $2.25 million for the next three years, according to the statement.

They also have to pay $246,672.88 for the cost of the investigation and emergency response by the L.A. County Fire Department's Health and Hazardous Materials Division.

 

[thør]

http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/09/13/64617/socal-gas-must-pay-4-million-for-not-immediately-r/

There's some new jobs in SoCal!

 

[phrodeau]

There's some new jobs in SoCal!

That's $125,000 a year for each job. Deduct taxes, FICA, insurance and the costs of hiring and training, and each new employee can expect to earn about $35,500 a year.

So who wants the graveyard shift?

 

[BotanyBoy]

There's some new jobs in SoCal!

Legislating them into existence is the only way that happens.

That's $125,000 a year for each job. Deduct taxes, FICA, insurance and the costs of hiring and training, and each new employee can expect to earn about $35,500 a year.

So who wants the graveyard shift?

All that money the workers give up is for the greater good though!! They get to sleep well at night knowing they helped make California better.