FERC and the energy industry tell us over and over that pipelines are the safest and most efficient way to move oil and gas. Yesterday the Keystone pipeline running from Canada across the Great Plains leaked, spilling about 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota.
In barrels it is only 5000. You know how big a barrel is. Now imagine 100 barrels filled with oil in the Palmerton town park. Now imagine a thousand, which would pretty much fill the park. Now add another four thousand, which would not only fill the park, but would stretch out in the streets on all sides. Now dump them.
On the other hand, if the gas pipeline PennEast/UGI hopes to lay across our field ruptures, we don’t have to worry about a spill. All we have to worry about is the blast, since we are in the annihilation zone.
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