Re: Raritan Bay Pipeline
I really don’t want to start a war but... con Ed is not accepting any new gas customers because of concerns about its capacity to satisfy additional demand.
The pipeline will be carrying natural gas, aka methane. If you google methane many of the definitions begin “methane is a harmless gas.” It is colorless, odorless and insoluble. If a leak did occur it would bubble to the surface and disappear. Of course anything that leaked couldn’t be sold so it is very much in the interest of the pipeline company to see that this doesn’t happen and to fix it if it does occur. In the absence of additional gas oil and upstate, coal will have to be burned. All of this gets a lot worse when they shut down Indian Point.
All of which doesn’t mean this will be an unalloyed blessing but we don’t get perfect in this life.
I have no direct interest in any of this. I don’t work for any of the companies involved
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