We were all at that game, there were tickets everywhere. I had extra tickets I couldn’t get rid of. IIRC, it was a Sunday afternoon early in football season, and the Jets (who were still in it) were playing at home, so none of the Jet fans wanted to go to watch the Yankees. And the Giants, coming right off the…

Like people who insist on being called Dr. Someguy because they have PhD in economics or literature or something.

Cough cough...Gordon Ramsay..cough cough.

I watched some dumb show about reinventing the burger and I’ve never felt closer Ron Swanson in my life.

The oil will ship regardless if there is a pipeline or not. It will ship via rail or truck. A pipeline is exceptionally more environmentally friendly then either rail or truck, let me tell you that is a fundamental truth.

And don’t even ASK what the environmental cost of producing that Tesla is...

84 gallons......... OK seriously that is basically nothing. They even say it didn’t get to a waterway and was quickly contained. It is possible 0 oil even touched the ground if they were able to get the leaking oil funneled in to barrels or other containers (that’s a barrel and a half).

Typical bullshit liberal overreaction. That’s why you do testing, to find leaks and correct them. Nothing to see here, so move along.

So it leaked about 2.8 gallons per day, or .12 Gallons per hour, or about 14 oz per hour, or .23 oz per minute, or about 1-2 drops per second. Need to tighten up a screw or two I suppose.

I want to know why someone in your area would risk a horror movie storyline like this.

Yay, ‘environmentalists’. Destroying the area to save it. Way ta go, ya fucks.

84 gallons is roughly 2 barrels of oil. I’d like to know the total amount of oil that moved through the pipeline. I’m guessing it represents less than a fraction of a fraction of 1%.

84 gallons out of how many? If it transported 500 gallons and leaked 84 that’s a problem. If it transported 5,000 gallons and leaked 84 that’s a pretty low margin of error.

It’s not the oil companies fault, it’s the construction companies fault. Part of commissioning a pipeline involves a hydrostatic test which must be held for upwards of 12 hours at a pressure that is greater then the operating pressure of the pipeline to ensure that it will not leak (Z662 Pipeline Code) judging by the…

The snowflakes have no sense of scale. Everything is a tragedy of epic proportions.

84 gallons is not enough to even require it to be reported to the EPA. Just wait until there’s a real spill.

You’re freaking out about an average of 3 gallons a day? Jesus christ, the nearest gas station is worse than that.

This post has the twin hallmarks of GMG writing: bad grammar and lack of context. A pipeline designed to carry hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil per day leaked a total of 84 gallons in an entire month. That’s a spillage rate of 0.006%.

So everyone realizes how miniscule 84 gallons is right? It was likely in a compound during commissioning and cleaned up immediately. Reported as per regulations, as a minor incident with no hazards. Everyone please freak out.

But right here on Deadspin, just a two weeks ago, Samer Kalaf explained why this happens. And he also confirmed that Deadspin does and will continue to participate in the practice.