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Four confirmed dead in San Bruno explosion

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by F8L, Sep 10, 2010.

  1. FL_Prius_Driver

    FL_Prius_Driver Senior Member

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    I saw that, but there is a big, big difference between a utility expending effort to provide paperwork to the regulators vs. a determined group of experts solely focused on finding and eliminating any questionable section of pipe.

    (e.g. BP is not to be excused at all for the conditions and events causing the Deepwater Horizon incident, but the response showed that the company did not take shortcuts afterwords to get it stopped. Now it remains to be seen if BP establishes a new standard of safety and integrity in operations.)
     
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    Oh is that true

    Cost vs benefit

    Easier to crank out impressive legal and accounting documents, with minimal cost, vs having actual teams out there, with exotically expensive x-ray analysis equipment, going over every ft of pipe

    So don't hold your breath