Putting the crazy train on the main line
Another day winding down. For me, the chance to go to town for a minimum load of groceries, with the dog as co-pilot, was about as busy as it got. The dog cares about such travel.
After a quiet afternoon with cool rain, I headed off to a community group meeting. Technical things. Job interviews. Review of the bare details for my next project. A chance to sit around a small table and just listen to my neighbours. Do you realize that during three decades in the “working world”, I did none of those things. I’ve changed my game plan.
Right now, my news feed is filled with the ON elections. Looks like the province is about to put the crazy train on the main line, copying the initiative of their cross-border buddies. Not something I look forward to.
I watched a video about an old pipeline, in place for more than sixty years. The catch is that it runs underwater, in a particular region of the Great Lakes, where any spill would spread quickly over a large sector. Winds and currents, OK. The owner of the pipeline (a familiar one to most of us in Canada with any environmental sensibilities) offered up the usual platitudes; it isn’t broken, and it isn’t going to break, but if it does we will fix the damages. Here’s the catch in credibility. The same pipeline operator has a history of spillage, and the cleanup hasn’t happened. Here’s the obvious question: why would an underwater spill be treated any differently. Some things are best not thought about.
