Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site.
Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site.
Thank you for the video. That is a really great point. A small ethanol fire would be terrifying. I wonder how often they practice their response and if it was hot enough for one to notice the heat?
The doom scenario described to me, and what I poorly described, was of an ethanol plant burning. Imagine a plant, perhaps 30 meters away burning. Invisible flames blowing over the roadway, casting death and destruction. Innocent families driving into the flames, fully unaware of the invisible inferno awaiting them.
Which seems ridiculous. Normal shit would burn and the heat would be terrifying. Maybe the first few cars, too close to the plant, would be realistically doomed. I doubt the invisible flames would factor in. Plus the plant operators likely are aware of the exploding and fire risk and do something reasonable to mitigate the risk.