In my position I am always hearing about the "threat of nuclear terrorism." There is lots and lots and lots and lots of talk about this, mostly from people who couldn't care less about
actual energy relating terrorism.
Here is the number of nuclear terrorism incidents in the last 50 years: Zero.
It is now the sixth anniversary of one of the worst fossil fuel terrorist events in history, and there was yet another incident of dangerous fossil fuel terrorism today.
Of course the world couldn't care less about this latest terrorist incident, but all the same, it actually happened.
VERACRUZ, Mexico - A shadowy leftist guerrilla group took credit for a string of explosions that ripped apart at least six Mexican oil and gas pipelines Monday, rattling financial markets and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost production.
The six explosions could be seen miles away, and set off fires that sent flames and black smoke shooting high above the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
At least a dozen pipelines, most carrying natural gas, were affected, said Jesus Reyes Heroles, the head of Mexico's oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, without providing specifics. The explosions occurred in valve stations where different pipelines intersect.
He said there would be hundreds of millions of dollars in lost production and about nine states and the capital, Mexico City, would be affected.
"It is a big blow," he said. "You can't store natural gas or transport it by truck."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_pipeline_explosions;_ylt=AqO8HabGGijQEmQF2IbdIMFvaA8FHere is the number of people who can prattle on for hours about the "threat" of nuclear terrorism (without ever producing an example of
actual nuclear terrorism) who have called for banning dangerous fossil fuels because of dangerous fossil fuel terrorism: Zero.
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