| Attached are two photos...one I call Passamaquoddy Bay 2004, and
the other Passamaquoddy Bay 2008...enjoy! The Quoddy Tides published the
panorama of the Everett plant, as I sent the photo to them last month. Both
shots were stitched together, with no 'doctoring'...all dimensions are true. One more thought...two tanks and a dock wouldn't cost $300 million nor would
it take 4 years to build...someone isn't telling the whole story, and you might
be suspicious!
I also don't trust anyone involved due to the immense investment
($300mil) which is played up, versus the ridiculous range, $2-20 million
realized by the tribe. No other business would be so vague. An investment by
any other industry (not energy) of $300 million would produce far more jobs
than 50-70. No other industry, not even retailers like WalMart, are so vague.
I think the truth is too scary for the Gas Industry too tell. The engineering
company I work for employs the same number of people yet cost about 13 million
to develop.
I am an engineer and would be canned in a heartbeat if I produced such
irrational, inconsistent numbers. If my boss asked me what could we expect as
a return on a design and I gave a 10-to-one range, I would be laughed out of
his office. The two tanks might be for the storage of the gas, (these tanks
are huge) but a heck of a lot more hardware is needed for processing. The gas
has to be allowed to re-expand, and this is done under fairly complex
conditions.
If I was in the tribe, I would be asking myself and others this: why,
if this terminal is so benign, does no one want it near them? Massachusetts is
already a mess, yet no one wants another one, pre-911. Long before 911, no one
here said "oh sure, that sounds great". Terrorism is a notion only recently
brought into the fold, and it is being used as excuses for doing or not doing
all kinds of crazy things. We don't want one here in my area due to the
obvious reasons...they are dangerous even on a good day, in clear weather.
They are environmentally disruptive. They provide little income (other than to
the utility company) relative to the investment and sacrifice of the
community.
I would like
to add one more thought, concerning the notion that terrorist threats make
Washington County a better alternative:
The idea that
placing such an installation in a more remote area will make it less of a
target of 'Bin Laden' is nonsense.
As a
Massachusetts resident, I don't value Massachusetts lives any more than
those in Eastport or Pleasant Point, Maine. And neither do terrorists. The
terrorist threats will follow the opportunities. They want to disrupt
supplies, wherever and whatever they are.
All this being
said, the biggest threat is the affect this will have on the environment in
the Passamaquoddy Bay.
Please quote my opinion which is in bold.
Thanks!
KR
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