Anonymous wrote:Well, Pete FINALLY acknowledged this incident.

What do you mean "finally"?

He has been on it since before they blew it up.

Well, Pete FINALLY acknowledged this incident.

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Anonymous wrote:Do we know for certain the cause of the accident?

Then why talk about regulation/deregulation?

Yes. It was lack of maintenance and not keeping tabs of sensors on rail cars etc. Particularly for a train handling such dangerous materials. Apparently a stuck brake or something and the train was apparently on fire for miles before it finally derailed.

DP, but the rail roads also spent their 55 billion dollar profits on stock buybacks and bonuses rather than investing in 21st century braking systems.

1 more train derailment in South Carolina about 4 hours ago.

Then another in Texas about 1 hour ago.

Anonymous wrote:Do we know for certain the cause of the accident?

Then why talk about regulation/deregulation?

Yes. It was lack of maintenance and not keeping tabs of sensors on rail cars etc. Particularly for a train handling such dangerous materials. Apparently a stuck brake or something and the train was apparently on fire for miles before it finally derailed.

Anonymous wrote:Riiighht…because there’s been such heavy media coverage of the derailment and Pete is on site right now! /s Plus all of those pesky Dow et al. lobbyists need those bonuses to pay for private and the companies need those R&D tax credits that Obama made permanent /s

https://peer.org/obamas-timid-chemical-safety-legacy/


You liked “The Jacobin” before they published this, I’m sure.

No, normal Democrats don't have much to do with and don't like the far left fringe represented by Jacobin.

Obama improved chemical regulation over what he was handed by his Republican predecessors. But Trump undid a lot of that.

Do we know for certain the cause of the accident?

Then why talk about regulation/deregulation?

Anonymous wrote:Riiighht…because there’s been such heavy media coverage of the derailment and Pete is on site right now! /s Plus all of those pesky Dow et al. lobbyists need those bonuses to pay for private and the companies need those R&D tax credits that Obama made permanent /s

https://peer.org/obamas-timid-chemical-safety-legacy/


You liked “The Jacobin” before they published this, I’m sure.

I am not sure where people are complaining about the lack of coverage. I mean, what I watch and listen to has been covering it extensively. May stop with the Fox News and OANN and join the real world of information.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought trains were so much safer than pipelines?

These trains weren't hauling oil. They were hauling hazardous materials.
But if they were hauling oil, what's even safer than trains or pipelines is using less oil and switching to alternatives for energy.

So the lesson learned here then is to use pipelines for shipping hazardous things, not trains.

What part of “not hauling oil” is confusing? There are no “hazardous things” pipelines….they are for oil.

Crude oil is also a hazardous thing, isn’t it? Sounds like it should be in a pipleline, not in a train.

Please keep up, ok?

So you want a pipeline for every single discreet hazardous material? Because if not, then you are mixing them in the same pipe. How will that work?

Riiighht…because there’s been such heavy media coverage of the derailment and Pete is on site right now! /s Plus all of those pesky Dow et al. lobbyists need those bonuses to pay for private and the companies need those R&D tax credits that Obama made permanent /s

https://peer.org/obamas-timid-chemical-safety-legacy/


You liked “The Jacobin” before they published this, I’m sure.

Anonymous wrote:Also, see Pete’s DoT also bearing some of the blame:

https://jacobin.com/2023/02/department-of-transportation-train-brake-regulation-ohio-derailment

Ehh, Jacobin tankies, they hate the left even more than the right, practically horseshoeing...


Who had the weaker standards before Obama? The Republicans.
Who rolled the Obama rules back? Trump and the Republicans.

There's your answer right there.
Meanwhile I'm sure Pete's DOT will be tightening up regulations in the wake of this.

Anonymous wrote:If this truly is a Republican disaster tied to their deregulation, then the democrats should be leveraging this to their political advantage.

They won’t, but they should.

Sorry to disappoint, but it's not. Did you read any of the links provided?

Anonymous wrote:Also, see Pete’s DoT also bearing some of the blame:

https://jacobin.com/2023/02/department-of-transportation-train-brake-regulation-ohio-derailment

dOeS nOt fIt nArRaTiVe!

Anonymous wrote:If this truly is a Republican disaster tied to their deregulation, then the democrats should be leveraging this to their political advantage.

They won’t, but they should.

Yes, they should.