Having trouble understanding current events

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Blueone said:
Heard about this but didnt realize it was so bad
I wonder how many EV’s it will take to fix this ?
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Rail Companies Blocked Safety Rules Before Ohio Derailment
The sequence of events began a decade ago in the wake of a major uptick in derailments of trains carrying crude oil and hazardous chemicals, including a New Jersey train crash that leaked the same toxic chemical as in Ohio.

In response, the Obama administration in 2014 proposed improving safety regulations for trains carrying petroleum and other hazardous materials. However, after industry pressure, the final measure ended up narrowly focused on the transport of crude oil and exempting trains carrying many other combustible materials, including the chemical involved in this weekend’s disaster.

Then came 2017: After rail industry donors delivered more than $6 million to GOP campaigns, the Trump administration — backed by rail lobbyists and Senate Republicans — rescinded part of that rule aimed at making better braking systems widespread on the nation’s rails.

Specifically, regulators killed provisions requiring rail cars carrying hazardous flammable materials to be equipped with electronic braking systems to stop trains more quickly than conventional air brakes. Norfolk Southern had previously touted the new technology — known as Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes — for its “potential to reduce train stopping distances by as much as 60 percent over conventional air brake systems.”

But the company’s lobby group nonetheless pressed for the rule’s repeal, telling regulators that it would “impose tremendous costs without providing offsetting safety benefits.”

That argument won out with Trump officials

“Would ECP brakes have reduced the severity of this accident? Yes,” Steven Ditmeyer, a former senior official at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), told The Lever. “The railroads will test new features. But once they are told they have to do it… they don’t want to spend the money.”
 
Gallf1 said:
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Then came 2017: After rail industry donors delivered more than $6 million to GOP campaigns, the Trump administration — backed by rail lobbyists and Senate https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=m04&cycle=All&recipdetail=S&mem=Y

Specifically, regulators killed provisions requiring rail cars carrying hazardous flammable materials to be equipped with electronic braking systems to stop trains more quickly than conventional air brakes. Norfolk Southern had previously touted the new technology — known as Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes — for its “potential to reduce train stopping distances by as much as 60 percent over conventional air brake systems.”

But the company’s lobby group nonetheless pressed for the rule’s repeal, telling regulators that it would “impose tremendous costs without providing offsetting safety benefits.”

That argument won out with Trump officials

“Would ECP brakes have reduced the severity of this accident? Yes,” Steven Ditmeyer, a former senior official at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), told The Lever. “The railroads will test new features. But once they are told they have to do it… they don’t want to spend the money.”
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The Senate is now......."MUH Trump"?

Glad to see you're all in on opening up pipelines to reduce the transportation of flammable crude on trains through towns and major metropolitan areas. You know, the same pipelines the "Obama administration" blocked? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-announce-rejection-keystone-xl-pipeline-proposal-n458651
...and this same pipeline (for instance but not limited too) that Fentanyl Joe canceled.
 
Gallf1 said:
Rail Companies Blocked Safety Rules Before Ohio Derailment
The sequence of events began a decade ago in the wake of a major uptick in derailments of trains carrying crude oil and hazardous chemicals, including a New Jersey train crash that leaked the same toxic chemical as in Ohio.

In response, the Obama administration in 2014 proposed improving safety regulations for trains carrying petroleum and other hazardous materials. However, after industry pressure, the final measure ended up narrowly focused on the transport of crude oil and exempting trains carrying many other combustible materials, including the chemical involved in this weekend’s disaster.

Then came 2017: After rail industry donors delivered more than $6 million to GOP campaigns, the Trump administration — backed by rail lobbyists and Senate Republicans — rescinded part of that rule aimed at making better braking systems widespread on the nation’s rails.

Specifically, regulators killed provisions requiring rail cars carrying hazardous flammable materials to be equipped with electronic braking systems to stop trains more quickly than conventional air brakes. Norfolk Southern had previously touted the new technology — known as Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes — for its “potential to reduce train stopping distances by as much as 60 percent over conventional air brake systems.”

But the company’s lobby group nonetheless pressed for the rule’s repeal, telling regulators that it would “impose tremendous costs without providing offsetting safety benefits.”

That argument won out with Trump officials

“Would ECP brakes have reduced the severity of this accident? Yes,” Steven Ditmeyer, a former senior official at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), told The Lever. “The railroads will test new features. But once they are told they have to do it… they don’t want to spend the money.”
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Fake news folks.
 
OllieC said:
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I had lunch with a good friend today whose neighbor is an executive in Raytheon….. they were out for dinner and he asked if he knew where the balloons came from…….Raytheon’s parent company operates the radar stations for defense…. All the balloons shot down they watched coming in from China.

so if true…… why doesn’t the government say so …… why leave media spinning….. something is really wrong here
 
Blueone said:
I had lunch with a good friend today whose neighbor is an executive in Raytheon….. they were out for dinner and he asked if he knew where the balloons came from…….Raytheon’s parent company operates the radar stations for defense…. All the balloons shot down they watched coming in from China.

so if true…… why doesn’t the government say so …… why leave media spinning….. something is really wrong here
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They are just trying to clog the news cycle and distract everyone from this...

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Blueone said:
I had lunch with a good friend today whose neighbor is an executive in Raytheon….. they were out for dinner and he asked if he knew where the balloons came from…….Raytheon’s parent company operates the radar stations for defense…. All the balloons shot down they watched coming in from China.

so if true…… why doesn’t the government say so …… why leave media spinning….. something is really wrong here
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I’m assuming the questions are somewhat rhetorical.
Why doesn’t the government say so? They’re bought and paid for by China, totally incompetent and/or are willing to sell out the US for the New World Order. I believe it’s a mix of all three.

Why leave the media spinning? As you know, most of the media in this country are in these leftist radicals pocket. They know they can spin it better than the White House. They’ll just feed them bits. For instance, check out the disaster in OH. Barely a peep.
 
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