Could The Smell Of Money Kill You? Natural Gas In BC

Having worked in oil field construction for years I can tell you that hydrogen sulfide will kill you dead fast. So yes it is dangerous. There has been no funding available to do a proper study as to long term side effects. Oil companies don't want us to know cause of the "what you don't know won't hurt us or cost us any money syndrome".

I know people that were knocked down by exposure to H2S (hydrogen sulphide), and they are not the same people that they were before, it caused permanent brain damage.
Loss of ability to taste, to smell, impaired vision are a few of the side effects.

It is suspected of causing miscarriages and of being carcinogenic, mutinogenic and teratogenic. Considering the potential for disaster a reasonable person would take precautions to ensure his or her health cause the government and the corporations aren't taking any.

Yes indeed. H2S will kill you dead. We had a blowout in Nojack a number of years ago. It's 100km from where I live, and the air quality here was poor. Even from that distance, it was very bad for the breathing, any time spent outside made your lungs hurt.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain <br />
"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato

Let me quote from a report I have from the Aurora Institute. http://www.aurora.ca

And I quote:

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

"Nothing demonstrates the shortcomings of the current corporate structure better than the ongoing repetition of wrongful corporate acts.

Take the famous Pinto case for example. The Ford Motor Company sold the vehicle to customers knowing that the placement of the gas tank in relation to the rear bumper created an increased risk of the engine exploding on impact. Ford chose not to recall the vehicles, calculating that the cost of potential damage awards associated with personal injury claims were less than the cost of the recall."
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As a mechanic, I do think they made an error in saying the engine would explode, when it was clearly the location of the gas tank that was in question. The gas tank would explode. jc
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Further: "More than 20 years later, General Motors was ordered to pay $4.9 Million - the largest personal injury award in U.S. History - to 6 people severely burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. As in the Pinto case, court testimony revealed that General Motors knew of the risk inherent in the placement of the gas tank behind the rear bumper rather than over the axle. They had 'calculated' the damage awards from claims arising from this design error would cost the company $2.40 per vehicle, compared with $8.59 per vehicle to move the gas tank or incorporate a shield. The Corporation appealed and the fine was reduced to $1 Million.

In 2000, General Motors and Ford were the third and fourth largest companies on the Fortune 500 list, making revenues of US$184.6 Billion and $180.6 Billion respectively.

Without changes to the structures of the corporations and other institutions, history will continue to repeat itself."

As a mechanic, I am apalled at the dollar value placed on human life V.S. the cost of the company rectifying the problem. It works out to less than $7.00 per vehicle !!

Perhaps some have seen the recent programs showing how many police officers have died because the gas tank exploded during a rear-end collision. We all know that the police park behind and slightly to the left of the vehicle that has been stopped. This has put the officers in great danger, and many have died.

This is corporate responsibility in a clear demonstration of protecting the bottom line.

Despicable !!



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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

This flashes me back to the Wiebo Ludwig story.

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Dave Ruston

<i>Perhaps some have seen the recent programs showing how many police officers have died because the gas tank exploded during a rear-end collision. We all know that the police park behind and slightly to the left of the vehicle that has been stopped. This has put the officers in great danger, and many have died.</i><p> I have followed it quite closely, and it's all hype. 1) There is no vehicle made short of an M1A2 Abrams tank that will survive 80mph rear end collision with anything. 2) Crown Victorias make up 80% of all police vehicles. Statistically, they are bound to be in more accidents than Impalas, but statistically they are involved in FEWER fatal accidents than Impalas.<p> The Dallas police department 'fixed' their own rear end collision tests by *welding* the normal tool pack including the jack into the rear trunk space, in such a way as to cause the jack to puncture the gas tank; and by filling the trunk with sand (more impact mass)<p> Crown Victorias are a safer vehicle for Police and Public use. Check out my links in the <a href='http://www.vivelecanada.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=22&showtopic=68'>Forums</a><p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain <br />
"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato

Thanks for the info. You've done your homework, and I bought into the hype.

The Pinto was a different story, but that was a long time ago. I used to own one, great little car.





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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca