Maybe Not the Best Idea
by ChrisAugust 25th, 2005 9:28 pm
I don’t tend to worry about these sorts of things, but reading about PGW’s plan to ship hypercompressed liquid natural gas up the Delaware to Port Richmond gives me some pause.
Experts have said that an explosion or terrorist attack on an LNG ship could unleash a pool of fire on the river with heat so intense, it would blister the skin of people a mile away.
As ACM says, I certainly hope that image is plastered in the minds of the regulators who will decide whether or not to allow this plan to go forward. If it does happen, I certainly hope that the people designing the safety procedures have that image burned in their minds, because a lot of people live within a mile of the Delaware.
August 28th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
I agree with you that this PGW plan is too dangerous to be worth the risk. We need ways to reduce PGW’s debts, but this is not a good idea.