"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >> http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/213079-administr   
   tion-to-unveil-stricter-crude-by-rail-standards   
   >   
   >> Administration to unveil stricter rules for carrying crude   
   >> by rail   
   >> By Laura Barron-Lopez - 07/23/14 08:48 AM EDT   
   >   
   >> The Obama administration will unveil new rules Wednesday   
   >> proposing more stringent safety standards on trains carrying   
   >> crude oil and other flammable fuels.   
   >   
   >> Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is expected to   
   >> announce the new rules, which will include standards for   
   >> tank cars, speed limits for trains carrying crude oil, brake   
   >> standards and testing for oil and other flammable liquids,   
   >> according to a Wall Street Journal report.   
   >   
   > Foxx was the guest Tuesday at one of the journalists' clubs on Tuesday.   
   > The stupid shit was totally wishy-washy. One of the reporters asked him   
   > if they're getting any better information about the chemical contents   
   > of Bakken crude and he said they were getting whatever the oil industry   
   > decided to give them.   
   >   
   > Well, send your own investigators to the damn oil fields and prevent   
   > those tank cars from being loaded if the crude's volatility is being   
   > misrepresented! You've got the power to do that!   
   >   
   > It's been six years, and the Obama administration STILL doesn't have   
   > a handle on this issue.   
   >   
   > We don't need new tank car standards. We need to stop loading Bakken crude   
   > in tank cars not designed for Bakken crude under CURRENT standards.   
      
   The DOT-111 car, according to the federal government, is currently spec'ed   
   to handle all types of crude oil, as well as ethanol and other explosive   
   liquids. So if you think maybe we shouldn't be loading explosive liquids   
   into such cars, then yes, we need new tank car standards.   
      
   My understanding is that the new standards will apply to liquids that have   
   a certain flash point, regardless of the underlying chemistry, which is   
   exactly as it should be. (But I haven't read the prosper rules myself.)   
      
   It's not like there haven't been massive explosions resulting from ethanol,   
   see   
   http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/ohio-train-explosion-caught-tape-16758671   
   for a good video Tells you something about the relative power of Big Oil   
   compared to the Ag industry, I guess...   
      
   Dan   
      
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