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On Dec 2, 12:29 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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And here we have it folks. A classic case of the alarmist
extremist. Note there is no definition of what constitutes a
"toxic
spill". Today, when there is a vehicle accident on the highway
and
gas or diesel fuel is released, it's considered a toxic spill.
But is it a big deal and environmental disaster? Of course
not.
Depending on the location, it might be an immediate threat to
public health.
I will not give you the obvious examples because your reason for
being in
this discussion is to disagree.
The point is that environmental fear mongering alarmists like to
use
words likie "toxic spill" to scare people. A spill from a simple
car
accident of fuel or antifreeze isn't what most people would think
of
when they hear toxic spill, yet today it qualifies and clean up
crews
are routinely dispatched and the incident logged.
Do you think they should NOT be dispatched?
For the most part, yes, I think that as well--it's massive
overreaction.

Train car of benzene, sure -- car wreck w/ a hole punched in the
radiator...ummhhh, not so much...
Great! We have a chemist in the discussion. Why is it illegal to
dump these things into a hole in the ground?
That's controlling a deliberate act rather than results of a minor
accident.

Think "deeper". Why is it illegal?



Separate question: Tanker filled with diesel fuel - what do YOU
think should be done if there's an accident and the whole load spills
onto a highway?
Offload as much as possible, and pick up what can be, of course.
Full-body HAZMAT suits and the whole deal they've turned it into as a
welfare program for the emergency response lobby--leave it home or
send it back as soon as determine what it was. If it's in a rural
area, easiest solution of the residual would typically be to simply
burn it off, controlling the perimeter.

Pick it up of course? You said that.
No, what I wrote was "what can be"...

Why should it be picked up?
Well, it has some value if nothing else if it has pooled somewhere such
that it can be.

The entire load has spilled. There's a teaspoon left in the tanker.
Sh^htuff happens. Not often that _all_ is lost, however, before
somebody can get there to offload the remainder. Often, if it's an
actual traffic accident that caused it, the solution is already in place
as previously mentioned.

It's not reasonable action I question, it's the practice of carrying
those to extremes that spend thousands or tens of thousands of dollars
for no useful effect on insignificant problems that I wonder about...

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You're still missing something here. Think harder, if possible.


You're after a different agenda; I'm not playing (of course, I knew that
from the git-go, I do recall the CCA/ACQ thread(s) and your general
paranoia)...


Paranoia? No.

Do you believe petroleum products belong in your drinking water? I'll bet
you do.