Semi full of ethanol crashes in South Dakota
Quick, someone call John McCain. South Dakota could use his ethanol-drinking skills during the clean-up following a semi-truck accident near Big Stone. According to a very short story from the Associated Press this afternoon, the driver was injured (broken arm, cuts and bruises) and the truck was a "total loss" following an accident at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. Several thousand gallons of ethanol spilled from the crash, and haz-mat teams were called in. It seems that the ethanol was from Poet, as the truck was coming from Poet's refinery in Big Stone City before it veered off the road. There has been no statement from Poet.[Source: AP]
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Murc 1:51PM (11/28/2007)
....you call this a story?
wow, a car crash....just because its a truck carrying ethanol instantly makes it news worthy???
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Emil 10:04AM (11/28/2007)
Sorry for POET. What is interesting to me - is the harm to nature. What would be if the semi had been full with petrol products ?
To my best knowledge, the damage is very low, and this is another advantage of biofuels.
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Guenther 7:59AM (11/28/2007)
McCain? that's lame and lefty, knee-jerk writing. How about- 'someone call Teddy K and have him bring some olives'.
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detroit9000 2:58PM (11/28/2007)
Neat that you have this truck full of fuel, and it crashed, but now the environmental impact is so much less.
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Owain Ozymandias Buck 3:55PM (11/28/2007)
Must be a slow news day at ABG.
Let's be fair here and call McCain and Ted Kennedy. ;
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Tim 4:41PM (11/28/2007)
Well just say that the site clean-up was called the McCain/Kennedy act! Hicckup
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Tim 4:43PM (11/28/2007)
Is South Dakota a red-nose state?
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Bob Moffitt (Bob from ALAMN) 1:06PM (11/29/2007)
"Neat that you have this truck full of fuel, and it crashed, but now the environmental impact is so much less."
That may have been intended as a slam against ethanol, but in a sense, it is correct.
Had that truck been full of gasoline or diesel, the environmental consequences would have been severe and lasting. Ethanol is among the most benin liquid fuels used in transportation -- unlike gasoline, it quickly biodegrades, leaving no lasting damage to the soil, air of water.
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