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natedoggcata t1_j8nv20r wrote

all so the company could save a few bucks. People should go to prison for this, but they wont.

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granitestate6 OP t1_j8o2f6i wrote

Railroad offered town $25,000. Not per person. Total. For the inconvenience.

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catslapper69 t1_j8oeg5f wrote

Well to be fair that's almost what the CEO makes each day

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ANewMachine615 t1_j8omfwt wrote

$5 per affected person seems fair, right? I'm pretty sure this should all be solved with a trip to the McDonald's to hit up their value menu.

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AppropriateAd5325 t1_j8q3jeh wrote

So crazy, all these back room deals with deregulations. Lining pockets. And who suffers? Chumps like you and me. We live near the Schiller Power plant, after a day all our snow is black. Hopefully the Ohio poison will disperse.

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Hunt4u_bynite t1_j8r597t wrote

Solar panels and windmills will never produce the amount of electricity our society needs. Powerplants are needed. Helping them with technologies to burn fossil fuel more cleaner and efficiently is what people need to get on board with. Schiller has 3 boilers. 1 is a wood burner the other 2 are coal. The wood boiler ran most of the time. The others when peak energy usage occured. Winter and summer .

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Hour_Goat_2486 t1_j8x3x3n wrote

While it’s true that there needs to be a transition period, it’s absolutely nonsense that solar and wind can’t produce enough. The amount of energy man produces with fossil fuels is minuscule compared to the sun’s energy, which keeps the entire earth from nearing absolute zero. Solar alone could power the entire US with about 65000 acres easily allocated in the midwest deserts. Storage is the only current obstacle, given the day/night cycle. If we subsidized solar with even 1/2 of what we spend subsidizing oil in the US, we’d be done with this already

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AppropriateAd5325 t1_j8ruusx wrote

However windmills and solar will never be able to replace fossil fuel stations, because we aren’t building them. 😬

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Away-Ad2752 t1_j8ypn7h wrote

Rail company owned by black rock. Even if it was 25k per person I would still consider that a slap in the face!

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Searchlights t1_j8p8wj1 wrote

Executives don't go to prison. Their companies pay fines.

There is no criminal accountability no matter what they do.

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capistor t1_j8pc3qb wrote

The common law ways of the Wild West seem more fair sometimes.

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AppropriateAd5325 t1_j8q3pfy wrote

Frontier justice, baby. Just like the cowboys from Red Rock (aged Mel Brooks reference)

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FaustusC t1_j8ox4ur wrote

And hey, just think!

Bumblefuck blocked the rail workers from Striking! One of their big complaints was unsafe conditions caused by understaffing. If they'd been allowed to strike for even a week, there's a decent chance this wouldn't have happened.

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I_Heart_Astronomy t1_j8qrnyx wrote

Well if you're going to throw Biden under the bus for this, let's talk about how Trump removed key Obama-era braking regulations.

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FaustusC t1_j8rbjt1 wrote

You know, I'd agree with you. I really would.

Except CNN has video of a wheel bearing in the final stages of failure. Could brakes have prevented a crash in that instance? Probably not. Look up what happens when a bearing fails.

A failed bearing walks back to failed or missed maintenance, which leads back to the workers who were saying they were over worked and it was causing Safety risks. Had workers been allowed to force the railroads into, uh, safe working conditions, that maintenance likely would have been completed and this could have been prevented.

Alas, Bumblefuck knew better and now a huge area is ecologically ruined because of it.

Edit:

Downvote away.

Here's a study from the UK that says a failed bearing can cause derailment.

And here, is Vox an undeniably left leaning site that's saying the likely cause of this was, you know, a bearing. New brakes would only work if your train was still attached to the track.

Lastly, here is Vice. Also an incredibly Left leaning publication. In this one, workers who claim to be familiar with the train in question say they're not shocked it crashed and also point out they now have 90 seconds to inspect each car. A train car is 55+ feet long. For perspective, before you type anything to me, go out and look at your personal car. Set a timer on your phone for 90 seconds. Try and inspect every safety feature on your car, including looking under it. See how long it takes you. Now imagine having to do both sides, of a vehicle 3 times longer in the same time period and tell me if you think the workers probably should have been allowed to strike for better conditions.

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