On Dec 2, 10:24 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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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.- Hide quoted text -

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Obviously DPB and I agree. You need some sense of balance. When
most people hear the words "toxic spill" they think of tens of
thousands of gallons of something really dangerous, like dixon or
nitric acid, or Love Canal, not a car accident with 15 gallons of
gasoline or some antifreeze. And please show us where that ever
constituted an imminent theat to public health.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be saying that a tanker truck only
holds 15 gallons of whatever. See...I used a tanker truck as an example, so
we're gonna stay with that for the moment.

No, I never said any such thing.



You also seem to be saying that a ****load of gasoline spilled on a highway
would:

- Stay neatly and conveniently on the highway waiting to be cleaned up

- Never find its way into groundwater


Never said that either.



You shouldn't say these things, or even imply them. Gasoline may not be the
most toxic thing we have to contend with, as long as it stays where it
belongs. But, in the wrong places, it's trouble.


Well duh! Did you figure that out all by yourself?




YOu know that.-


You don;t know what I or anyone else knows. I doubt you even know
what you don't know.



Now, one more time. The point that I was making was that when
someone crows about 400 "toxic spills" in Alaska, those spills could
include anything from a release of gasoline from an automobile
accident to a million gallons of benzene. Did you pay attention to
the incident report of a barrel of oil covering 375 sq ft reported to
the EPA as part of a super fund site? Does that sound like a big
environmental disaster to you? BTW, don't bother with your next post
falsely claiming that I said it shouldn't be cleaned up either.