tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post1673845753388331967..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Speaking of Regulating Harmful Conduct, Let's Not Forget Wilful NegligenceSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-4618608259547531752009-05-14T07:51:00.000-04:002009-05-14T07:51:00.000-04:00So GM is closing, Chrysler is laying off if not c...So GM is closing, Chrysler is laying off if not closing and you want to consider shutting down the only east coast refinery that can handle sour crude? Hold them accountable for violations. Make certain that the rules are enforced, However, recognize the strategic role this particular refinery plays in the overall production of refined product on the east coast.<br /><br />When you say what chemicals are sent to flare recognize what exactly is released after the chemicals go through the flare. I am not giving the refinery a blank check to pollute, but neither should you give it a shut down notice without being honest about why and the impact on the state of those job losses and that tax income loss..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-24205000497223702422009-03-16T17:25:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:25:00.000-04:00Sorry, Brian, but the common environment we all sh...Sorry, Brian, but the common environment we all share fungibly (i.e. air and water) especially in a narrow geographic area cannot responsibly be left to the good faith devices of commercial entities, operating as corporate fictions and dealing in heavy industrial, chemical, and hazmat activities.<BR/><BR/>Staking a claim to property before others acquire adjacent, adjoining or proximate property serves as no excuse for devaluing the lives or property of those latter property holders by releases of identifiably hazardous substance into the air or water or ground (to include the polluters's own ground).<BR/><BR/>As far as the assumed risk argument you rather weakly posit, this requires knowing the risk. Let's be real that no one should be expected to assume they are being poisoned by an industrial polluter. <BR/><BR/>You may have lots of room for that crap up in Pennsylvania, and God knows some of that south Philly industrial stench could knock a buzzard off a shitwagon in Chester, much less the overpowering stink over the bridges on either highway ingress. <BR/><BR/>Our boundaries are too small and population density too high to responsibly permit chronic polluters.Tyler Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009459340275592274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-57019859843758732182009-02-28T12:54:00.000-05:002009-02-28T12:54:00.000-05:00When it was foisted on a sleepy part of lower New ...<I>When it was foisted on a sleepy part of lower New Castle County by J. Paul Getty circa 1953, things were different. Now 1000's of families and individuals live and work within close range of this site.</I><BR/><BR/>Why did thousands of people willingly choose to live and work there, then?<BR/><BR/>Reminds me a bit of people who move into homes next to airports and then seek to limit the growth of air traffic due to "all the noise."<BR/><BR/>Refineries are an important part of infrastructure -- there aren't enough of them as there is. While individuals have a right to expect their property not to be polluted, it's manifestly silly for people to willingly purchase or lease a home next to a refinery and then express "shock and outrage" when pollution happens.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685707001408252759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-88359955117030292442009-02-27T00:09:00.000-05:002009-02-27T00:09:00.000-05:00I'm sorry, did I misread that? Hydrogen fucking CY...I'm sorry, did I misread that? Hydrogen fucking CYANIDE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-56934641568502937462009-02-26T15:58:00.000-05:002009-02-26T15:58:00.000-05:00Pollution is one of the worst civil and constituti...Pollution is one of the worst civil and constitutional rights violations. Beyond the technical aspects, the problem is legal and political. It occurred at a historically undefined moment when corporate special interest superceded individual sovereignty.<BR/><BR/>That is why Libertarians and Independents need to unite in a common effort to restore our republic.<BR/><BR/>Wolf von Baumgart,<BR/>IPOD State Chairman<BR/>ipodosc@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com