Toxins leaking from 2nd pipe at NC coal ash dump

[Gonad the Barbarian]

There appears to be a lot shady stuff going on between the governor and this energy company.

Was it this company that was fined a measly $99k for another spill or major violation?

Yes.
http://www.wral.com/denr-gets-defensive-over-duke-deal-coal-ash-spill/13409648/

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by ivwshane
There appears to be a lot shady stuff going on between the governor and this energy company.

Was it this company that was fined a measly $99k for another spill or major violation?

Yes.
http://www.wral.com/denr-gets-defensive-over-duke-deal-coal-ash-spill/13409648/

Not very long ago Conflicts of Interest were frowned upon.

Now it is expected and rewarded.

Take the CEO of Time Warner for example, he gets $56 million for selling out the Company to Comcast.

 

[K1052]

Fly ash impoundment ponds are accidents just waiting to happen. Remediation after plant closure or when a certain tonnage level is exceeded should be federally required. The secret of coal is that it really isn't cheap power...the utilities just pass the costs (largely environmental) on to the rest of us.

 

[werepossum]

Your experience backs up the simplest of logic. I don't understand why people would think a company would act in any other way but selfishly. Environmental rules are an absolute necessity and without them you end up with companies polluting willy nilly. The evidence of this behavior is so voluminous it defies belief people think it's not a real thing.

Even if it's not intentionally being selfish, it's the same result. Companies look for ways to make more money and solve problems. Stopping an environmental damage like a fly ash pit collapse isn't either, it's merely a potential problem, much lower on the list of priorities. Having enforcement of regulations designed to prevent such occurrences bumps this up on the list by increasing the likelihood of a financial loss. A fly ash pit which might (or might not) collapse at some unknowable time in the future versus an inspector who will be here in a month.

Yes, not every issue has the same solution and sometimes as most people don't want to acknowledge sometimes the general solutions of the world-view you mainly follow doesn't fit too well with the problem at hand.

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Yep, nailed it.

Yes.
http://www.wral.com/denr-gets-defensive-over-duke-deal-coal-ash-spill/13409648/

This shows another problem here - after such an event, it's cheaper to buy politicians than to really solve the problem and/or really fix the threat or damage.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Resorting to insults? Keep it up scumbag. I am for less regulation but I never said deregulate everything so keep assuming.

Here ya go, ya little goat fucker

 

[Incorruptible]

Here ya go, ya little goat fucker

STFU, Still angry about getting teabagged?

I never said you did unless your name happens to be libertarian...

as for insults I responded in kind unlike the "moron" who instigated them....


Maybe you'd get insulted less if your posts didn't warrant them as often as they do.


Ass.


....

You're still resorting to insults because you're wrong. You're nothing but a scumbag leftist.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

STFU, Still angry about getting teabagged?



You're still resorting to insults because you're wrong. You're nothing but a scumbag leftist.

Me? Teabagged? No indigestible. Only in your dreams, in your mom's basement, in stained underoos.

 

[Incorruptible]

Me? Teabagged? No indigestible. Only in your dreams, in your mom's basement, in stained underoos.

Yes, You got your ass kicked by the Tea Party. Now STFU troll.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by Sheik Yerbouti
Me? Teabagged? No indigestible. Only in your dreams, in your mom's basement, in stained underoos.

Yes, You got your ass kicked by the Tea Party.

Now STFU troll.

Quoted and bolding obvious paid Tea Party shill.

 

[spittledip]

Duke is horrible. Every year they try to increase rates by 15 to 19% percent and every year the local govt gives them 9 to 12% increases, and they aren't even using the money to do necessary maintenance. I hate how power companies have a monopoly... They are my power company btw and I live near the spill area (40 miles).

 

[werepossum]

Duke is horrible. Every year they try to increase rates by 15 to 19% percent and every year the local govt gives them 9 to 12% increases, and they aren't even using the money to do necessary maintenance. I hate how power companies have a monopoly... They are my power company btw and I live near the spill area (40 miles).

They are not a monopoly everywhere. In some places I've worked with Duke Power/Duke Energy, the lines are owned in common or by a non-producer and Duke competes with one to three other utilities.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

They are not a monopoly everywhere. In some places I've worked with Duke Power/Duke Energy, the lines are owned in common or by a non-producer and Duke competes with one to three other utilities.

They aren't always a monopoly...

but when they are they rape their customers endlessly...

 

[Franz316]

I would love to see coals true cost after its long list of externalities are internalized. It has to be 50% higher or more than it is considered now.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yes, You got your ass kicked by the Tea Party. Now STFU troll.

BWAAAHHAHAHAHA. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever, indigestible. You're just a sad little man, stuck in delusional world.

 

[Incorruptible]

BWAAAHHAHAHAHA. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever, indigestible. You're just a sad little man, stuck in delusional world.

Yes It did happen and you can't get over it. It's why you have such a deep hatred of me.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yes It did happen and you can't get over it. It's why you have such a deep hatred of me.

I don't hate you, I just want to point out your blatant hypocrisy, raging fear of muslims, and your typical spiral into a frothing, name calling rage, all the while crying that the other guy's calling you names and resorting to that because they got 'tea-bagged'

 

[Generator]

It is sad how common place cronyism is these days, but something about rivers burning does not illicit much thought from the right wing. Where ever the right wing deigns to even think, soot and ash soon follow. They care nothing of themselves or other's health. These swine shit where they eat for compensation in total that is mere peanuts. God damn these peasants! They just refuse to stand up for themselves.

 

[Incorruptible]

I don't hate you, I just want to point out your blatant hypocrisy, raging fear of muslims, and your typical spiral into a frothing, name calling rage, all the while crying that the other guy's calling you names and resorting to that because they got 'tea-bagged'

Based on your posts it's clear that you hate me. I don't know what hypocrisy you're talking about and I am not afraid of Muslims, But keep making up crap. And the Tea Party isn't racist but keep spreading lies.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Like I said, delusional.

 

[Incorruptible]

Like I said, delusional.

Keep spouting your BS.

 

[spittledip]

They are not a monopoly everywhere. In some places I've worked with Duke Power/Duke Energy, the lines are owned in common or by a non-producer and Duke competes with one to three other utilities.

They are a monopoly here....

 

[werepossum]

They are a monopoly here....

Understood. In most places the electric provider is.