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Re:The Cost of Gasoline by wak90 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:45PM (#36472930)
Do you not consider contaminating a city's water supply catastrophic
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by ars on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:49PM (#36472971)
No, because that's not something that actually happens due to underground storage. The leaks are local, and cause minimal long term harm. They are not "contaminating a city's water supply", that's simply not true.
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by atshane253 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:23PM (#36473255)
Its absolutely true, one of my city's primary aquifers is directly under ground. Future underground tanks will not be permitted because they've been leaking into the groundwater, especially if and when they're abandoned because the business failed.
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by kortilla on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:02PM (#36475262)
So make failed businesses empty their fuel tanks? Seems like a dumb reason to regulate tanks for active businesses.
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by smileysteve on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:22AM (#36478784)
Failed businesses don't often fail because they executed things perfectly. When you bankruptcy and shut down, you don't necessarily sell property immediately.
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by semicolon_storm on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:58PM (#36473535)
That’s demonstrably false. Google the red hill fuel tanks
Re:The Cost of Gasoline by AnimalMuppet on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:13PM (#36473628)
A truck slamming into an above-ground tank could easily contaminate a city's water supply, so I'm not sure you've got a valid argument here.