I'm reminded of the mid-seventies when the enviro-whack jobs were trying to cause panic (and increase their funding) by claiming that by now we'd all be in the midst of an ice age.
Later, they changed that in order to cause panic (and increase their funding) by claiming that global warming was going to kill us all and that we the people of THIS country were primarily at fault.
Billions have been wasted as a result of this sham, put forward by a bunch of charlatans (can you say Al Gore?) and the gullible who actually were moronic enough... or gullible enough... to believe these now-proven liars and thieves who would tell those with the wallets ANYTHING to get the big money.
Locally, it's the fringe-leftists who have started their jihad to get rid of the idea of building a terminal at the Port of Vancouver because, of course, we're all going to die if such a plant WERE built.
Naturally, those hypocritical enough to oppose this economic engine use oil-based products every day of their lives. Nothing like a little bit of good old fashioned hypocrisy to move their ball forward, eh?
According to those opposed, the entire world will stop turning on its access if approval is granted for this project, which IS going to be built... either here or somewhere else.
We are, you see, all going to die with the opening of this plant. It's inevitable, we're told.
As a result, they demand that everyone vote for a fringe left fruit, oddly enough named Orange, so he can, they think, put a stop to this.
Their reasons are primarily lie-based, naturally, but leftists depend on the lie and the gullibility of the voters to make it happen, doncha know.
So, here's the thing: since, if this plant is built, everyone around here is going to die, I'd like to see the opponents make yet another series of fake-Hollywood pledges to move out of here if this project passes the process.
You know... put your money where your mouth is... that sort of thing.
The thing is... as much as this plant SHOULD be built... and it should... it's not going to be.
Our slimeball governor has pledged that he will ultimately deny the plant's permitting when the time comes. If I wonder anything, I wonder why Tesoro, et al, is even bothering.
But that's neither here nor there: The leftists are whining and sniveling like cut cats over the whole thing, misrepresenting its impacts and the death and destruction which will follow should it be built.
Of course, they can always move, right? That way, when WE all die because of the plant, they can tell us:
"Ah ha! We told you so!"
Meanwhile, vote for whoever you want. But at least understand that we're NOT going to die and that Cain's idiotic waterfront development IS going to go forward, screwing local taxpayers once again.
Plant... or no plant.
Later, they changed that in order to cause panic (and increase their funding) by claiming that global warming was going to kill us all and that we the people of THIS country were primarily at fault.
Billions have been wasted as a result of this sham, put forward by a bunch of charlatans (can you say Al Gore?) and the gullible who actually were moronic enough... or gullible enough... to believe these now-proven liars and thieves who would tell those with the wallets ANYTHING to get the big money.
Locally, it's the fringe-leftists who have started their jihad to get rid of the idea of building a terminal at the Port of Vancouver because, of course, we're all going to die if such a plant WERE built.
Naturally, those hypocritical enough to oppose this economic engine use oil-based products every day of their lives. Nothing like a little bit of good old fashioned hypocrisy to move their ball forward, eh?
According to those opposed, the entire world will stop turning on its access if approval is granted for this project, which IS going to be built... either here or somewhere else.
We are, you see, all going to die with the opening of this plant. It's inevitable, we're told.
As a result, they demand that everyone vote for a fringe left fruit, oddly enough named Orange, so he can, they think, put a stop to this.
Their reasons are primarily lie-based, naturally, but leftists depend on the lie and the gullibility of the voters to make it happen, doncha know.
So, here's the thing: since, if this plant is built, everyone around here is going to die, I'd like to see the opponents make yet another series of fake-Hollywood pledges to move out of here if this project passes the process.
You know... put your money where your mouth is... that sort of thing.
The thing is... as much as this plant SHOULD be built... and it should... it's not going to be.
Our slimeball governor has pledged that he will ultimately deny the plant's permitting when the time comes. If I wonder anything, I wonder why Tesoro, et al, is even bothering.
But that's neither here nor there: The leftists are whining and sniveling like cut cats over the whole thing, misrepresenting its impacts and the death and destruction which will follow should it be built.
Of course, they can always move, right? That way, when WE all die because of the plant, they can tell us:
"Ah ha! We told you so!"
Meanwhile, vote for whoever you want. But at least understand that we're NOT going to die and that Cain's idiotic waterfront development IS going to go forward, screwing local taxpayers once again.
Plant... or no plant.
Even for those who think man is NOT destabilizing our climate, there are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the oil terminal.
ReplyDelete1. EPA does a crappy job of writing permits. They underestimate the eventual pollution and as a result, don't require independent monitoring, adequate pollution controls, or corrective action.
How else can one explain the fact that Tesoro settled with EPA last year for $403 million for pollution abatement equipment at six refineries that had been up and running for years.
That is the largest settlement in history related to violations of the Clean Air Act.
That why Tesoro was allowed to pollute for years at six refineries until enough people complained and forced EPA to take action.
I was at the train station in West Vancouver this morning and it seemed clear to me that I was surrounded by illegal unhealthy levels of air pollution.
SWCAA is the local arm of EPA and their nearest monitoring station in near Burton Road and 87th Ave.
Most people don’t realize that a working storage tank causes air pollution.
Vancouver Energy plans to unload 450 tank cars of crude oil per day in Vancouver. As the oil is filling into the storage tanks, the residual fumes within the tank are pushed out.
The tanks have a fixed roof and an internal floating roof, like a piston. The edges of the floating roof have seals similar to a fire hose.
As the storage tanks empty, the floating roof descents and sucks in fresh air through a vent. Residual oil clings to the sidewalls and gradually evaporates. Those fumes are called VOCs.
Tesoro’s permit anticipates those emissions to weigh 23 tons per year . . . not high enough to monitor or mitigate.
According to Section 5.1 page 15 of Tesoro’s Application for the oil terminal in Vancouver, the facility would produce 202,000 pounds of unhealthy air pollutants each year.
• Nitrogen Oxides, 19.8 tons per year
• Carbon monoxide, 27 tons per year
• Sulfur Dioxide, 9.2 tons per year
• Particulate Matter, 8.8 tons per year
• VOCs, 36 tons per year.
Although those levels are legal, they are not necessarily benign. They all have adverse health effects.
Furthermore the emissions of the following extra hazardous chemicals will exceed the thresholds by wide margins and as far as we know, they were not addressed in the draft air pollution permit . . . in alpha order they are:
• Arsenic
• Benzene
• Cadmium
• Chromium Hexavalent
• Dimethyl benz anthracine
• Diesel particulates
• Nitrogen oxides
• Sulfur dioxide.
2. Last year in Clark County, we added 10,500 jobs. I believe that if Vancouver smelled like an oil town, businesses would think twice about locating here.
3. Train wrecks and ship groundings are a fact of life. Oil spills would not be good for the Columbia River.
4. Although everything we do in life has risks, we offset the risk with the need or the benefit. Our economy, our health and our quality of life will suffer with an oil terminal and we get no net benefit.
Sources
Tesoro’s Application
http://www.efsec.wa.gov/Tesoro%20Savage/Application/EFSEC%202013-01%20Volume%20I/EFSEC%202013-01%20-Part%205.1%20Applications%20for%20Permits%20and%20Authorizations%20-%20Air.pdf
The Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/14/fruit-valley-proposed-oil-terminal-toxic-air/
Record fines for Tesoro
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/18/air-pollution-settlement-reached-for-6-refineries/