Sunday, August 26, 2018

Announcing #BombTrucks101! (Ithaca, Oneonta, Endicott/Vestal)


The Stop the #BombTrucks Coalition
with support from Halt the Harmed Network
invites you to 

#BombTrucks 101:
Understand the Risks!

Presented by 
Craig L. Stevens
 
co-written w/William Huston



THREE shows:

Tompkins County Library
♦ 101 E Green Street, Ithaca NY
Tue 9/4 @ 2:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/734962140177107/

Foothills Theater 
24 Market St., Oneonta NY

Just Added!
Endicott Public Library 
1001 Park St., Endicott NY

Admission: Free
Come learn the risks.

This is HUGE...
...the Next Big Thing, friends.


We need an ALL-INCLUSIVE movement,
like how we defeated fracking in NY.


We need everyone on board, including YOU!

Thanks for your interest,
Bill & Craig

Monday, August 20, 2018

Call Cuomo Monday: Stop the Bomb Trucks!



It's Call Cuomo Monday! Stop the #BombTrucks!  ★★ Please call 1-877-235-6537 TODAY and say,

"Governor Cuomo, please HALT all dangerous high-pressure CNG 'Virtual Pipeline' tube trailers (#BombTrucks) until there is an Environmental Impact Statement under SEQRA!"

Share this message on Social Media and on your email lists! 


MORE: TinyURL.com/BombTrucks101

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Just Published! #BombTrucks101 + Invite to CRITICAL Oneonta board mtg

Mni Wiconi - Sat Chit Ananda - Tat Tvam Asi

Hi everyone--

Announcing: #BombTrucks101!

Big news! Please check out my new document:

I've been working on this for weeks.
I hope you find it helpful in your efforts to Protect Water and Life.

Constructive criticism appreciated.
(There is probably too much detail in certain places.)

I'm still hearing some pushback on the use of the term #BombTrucks.
Not sure why. Some are really smart people!

"Whatever you do, don't say 'Bomb Trucks!'"

Here's a joke:

Q: How many Ithaca PhD's does it take to calculate the explosive potential of
    11 tons of methane, in terms of TNT equivalent?

A: None I can find. But someone like me with 2 years college can?

Hey, IT'S A JOKE!!

I love, respect, admire, and cherish the friendship of all my really smart friends
with advanced degrees. I think you all have done amazing work. I have great
adoration for you....

Still, I feel like I'm doing Defense of my PhD in #BombTrucks!

That's OK. Ithaca is a "tough room". High standards, which I hope to meet.

I hope I can get more of my smart-people friends on board with this,
because  THIS IS A BRAND NEW THING. These are not your grandfather's 
CNG Steel Bottle Tank Trucks. 

AS YOU WILL SEE if you read #BombTrucks101
THERE IS NOTHING like these vehicles on the road today.
They are SUPER EXOTIC and require custom ROBOTS to build.

Bottom Line: The term #BombTrucks is completely rational and
reasonable, and grounded in fact and science. Additionally, it
is ethically justifiable and IMO our MORAL IMPERATIVE to
raise the alarm when some new thing comes down the road
which poses such an EXTREME THREAT to our communities.

HELP ME RAISE THE ALARM NOW
before an entire neighborhood is destroyed.
Join the Stop the #BombTrucks Coalition.
(details forthcoming)

NEWS!

Lots of recent #BombTrucks activity & news!
  • NG Advantage is Not Dead Yet, and is rumored to be poking around in Springville, Susquehanna County PA. Haha. Maybe they'll purchase the old Grimsley property, may Jim Rest in Piece. This was the site of Vera Scroggins' very first video on fracking. We've heard Ann Van Lenten eventually got fed up and turned against industry, left the area. .

  • Pentagon Energy, long dormant, is suddenly hopping. Proposed site for New Milford, Susquehanna County Pa. They are partnered with CAT CNG. Been tracking them for some time. Unit was formerly Pentacles. (Sounds like weird Illuminati stuff to me.)

  • XNG has had TWO NEW rollover crashes since we last chatted!

    • One was July 11, 2018 in the Town of Exeter, Otsego Co. 911 Dispatch reported the truck was leaking gas. Rt 28 was closed from 16 to Schuyler Lake. 90 min. into the incident, they were still trying to disconnect power and phone lines. First responders were waiting on Verizon and rep from XNG from Forest Lake PA to arrive. The road was closed for about 12 hours.

    • The other was June 2, 2018 on I-87 Thruway in the Town of Bethlehem. exactly 2.0 miles to the Governor's Mansion. The driver was Northbound and full (likely heading to the NYSEG station in Mechanicville) moved from passing lane into driving lane and somehow lost control, going into shoulder striking guardrail just past an overpass. Vehicle rides the guard rail until it ends, destroying 12 box beam guide rails and 16 posts. At the end of the guard rail, the Truck pivots right and flips 270 degrees landing on right side. 911 Dispatch reports leaking gas. Call to NRC reports possible gas leak.

      As far as we can ascertain, normal procedures WERE NOT FOLLOWED. There were no evacuations to 1/2 mile as recommended by the Emergency Response Guide #117 (UN1971 Compressed Natural Gas), and pole utilities were not de-energized, and I-87 was not shut down. Within the evacuation zone, there are

    • two restaurants
    • two hotels
    • a gas station / convenience store
    • ~10 other businesses
    • ~15 homes

    • Just outside is the New York Thruway Authority Building.

      HELP ME GET THESE THINGS OFF NY ROADS
      before there is a REGRETIBLE TRAGEDY.

  • You've probably heard the Cayuga Power Plant wants to re-fire with fracked gas supplied on #BombTrucks. What you may not have heard, is that NYSEG has proposed a "Non-Pipe Alternative" to boosting supply in parts of Tompkins County. One possibility...? #BombTrucks! Thankfully, the Tompkins County Legislator Passed a resolution against injecting gas as a solution.

  • Lastly, there is in important Town Board meeting in Oneonta tonight
    on a proposed #BombTrucks terminal there. Could be a big one.
    Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta, NY 13820

Don't forget to check out:

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PS: I live on donations and grants.
If you find my work valuable,
I would be EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to receive
donations via Paypal:
(please write for my physical address for sending check or MO)

Thank you!

I have been working on this #BombTrucks 101 document
for about 5 weeks. I would like to raise
$2-$3,000 in donations for this work.
That's like 5 weeks at a living wage.
I've been working on this for about that long,
the backing research for 15+ months.

I am working on a lot of other really cool stuff which you will also be supporting:
1: a MAJOR Safe Drinking Water Act story (getting ZERO help from 501c3s / NGOs), and
2: a Six Hour video of hard-core fracking impacts,
    shot over my last year living in Dimock.
     It's too massive for words. This will blow your minds.

Thanks for whatever you can give.
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--
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Binghamton NY

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Friday, July 20, 2018

#BombTrucks: ANOTHER XNG Rollover Crash!

by William Huston

I was reading the NRC log and found out there was ANOTHER XNG rollover crash,
which I have not heard about previously, on June 2, at 8am, Route 87,
in Mount Hope NY, Orange County.

Here's the log entry:

  • SEQNOS
  • DATE_TIME_RECEIVED    
  • DATE_TIME_COMPLETE    
  • CALLTYPE    
  • RESPONSIBLE_COMPANY    
  • RESPONSIBLE_ORG_TYPE    
  • RESPONSIBLE_CITY    
  • RESPONSIBLE_STATE    
  • RESPONSIBLE_ZIP    
  • SOURCE
  • 1213991  
  • 6/2/2018 11:51    
  • 6/2/2018 12:01    
  • INC    
  • XPRESS NATURAL GAS    
  • PRIVATE ENTERPRISE    
  • ANOVER    
  • MA    
  • 01810    
  • TELEPHONE
  • SEQNOS    
  • DESCRIPTION_OF_INCIDENT    
  • TYPE_OF_INCIDENT    
  • INCIDENT_CAUSE    
  • INCIDENT_DATE_TIME    
  • INCIDENT_DTG    
  • INCIDENT_LOCATION    
  • LOCATION_ADDRESS    
  • LOCATION_STREET1    
  • LOCATION_STREET2    
  • LOCATION_NEAREST_CITY    
  • LOCATION_STATE    
  • LOCATION_COUNTY    

  • 1213991    
  • CALLER STATED DUE TO A TANKER TRUCK ROLLOVER THERE WAS A POTENTIAL RELEASE OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TO THE AIR.    
  • MOBILE    
  • TRANSPORT ACCIDENT    
  • 6/2/2018 8:00    
  • OCCURRED 
  • ROUTE 87
  • SOUTH OF ALBANY, NY        
  • MOUNT HOPE    
  • NY    
  • ORANGE    
   

  • LOCATION_ZIP    
  • DISTANCE_FROM_CITY    
  • DISTANCE_UNITS    
  • DIRECTION_FROM_CITY    
  • LAT_DEG    
  • LAT_MIN    
  • LAT_SEC    
  • LAT_QUAD    
  • LONG_DEG    
  • LONG_MIN    
  • LONG_SEC    
  • LONG_QUAD    
  • LOCATION_SECTION    
  • LOCATION_TOWNSHIP    
  • LOCATION_RANGE    
  • POTENTIAL_FLAG

Only problem...  Rt. 87 runs nowhere near Mt. Hope!

I found one rollover accident reported on that date, between Albany and Selkirk,
but that is Albany County.


This incident does not appear to have been reported correctly.


--
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Binghamton NY

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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

ANOTHER XNG rollover crash in Otsego County // #BombTrucks


By William Huston

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Photo Source: WKTV: http://www.wktv.com/content/news/Section-of-Rt-28-closed-in-Schuyler-Lake-following-tractor-trailer-rollover-487926141.html

Today at 3:05 PM: multiple fire units were dispatched to 7202 State Route 28, in Exeter, Otsego County for an XNG rollover crash. The report issued by Otsego Emergency Management Dispatch was that the truck was leaking gas. The trailer was manufactured by Quantum Fuel Systems, and is believed to be a VP-Lite model.

Rt 28 is CLOSED from 16 to Schuyler Lake. As of about 4:30, they were trying to disconnect power and phone lines. First responders are waiting on Verizon, NYSEG, and rep from XNG from Forest Lake PA to arrive.

As I have reported, one of the NUMEROUS safety issues I have identified with these trucks is their high center of gravity, making them a rollover risk.

Image 1: High Center of Gravity (Center of Mass) increases rollover risk. The Quantum VP-series (right) have an even higher CG than the Hexagon Composites Titan-40 (left)
Image 2: Critical angle is much smaller for trailers with a high center of gravity.
Hexagon Composites Titan-40 (left), Quantum VP-Lite (center), Fedex Box Trailer (right)



In fact, there have now been TWO rollover crashes in Susquehanna County of XNG vehicles (both were Quantum VP-Lites),and also TWO MORE rollover crashes in Otsego County (one Hexagon Titan-40, and the one today is a Quantum VP-series).

All known incidents here: TinyURL.com/BombTrucksIncidents

I am posting updates on Facebook at Stop the #BombTrucks:




​Image 3: Today's crash location

Image 4: Prior rollover crash, 9/12/2017 Town of Hartwick, Otsego Co.

Image 5: All Known Prior Incidents
​Image 6: XNG incidents, Pipe-to-Pipe, Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co. PA to Manheim, Herkimer Co., NY, since operations began 2/2017





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Binghamton NY

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Fwd: Interesting: Type-4 CNG virtual pipeline tube trailers owners manuals + example


Hexagon Composites Titan Owners Manual:
(you can download by logging in with a free account)

Quantum VP Owners Manual:
http://www.qtww.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/VP-Owners-Manual-Rev-D.pdf

You can view these and prior versions in my
"Virtual Pipelines" document collection
(look under the manufactures section).


(Sometimes you can find interesting things by looking
at how a document has changed over time. That's
why I keep up prior versions).

This is for real tech geeks, but there is an
amazing amount of useful information here!!

For example, this is one of my favorites!

Page 21 of the Quantum Rev D manual:

The Quantum Virtual Pipeline System must NEVER be exposed to a vacuum. If the system experiences a vacuum, the gas storage cylinders will be damaged.


Page 8 of the Titan manual, it says something similar:

Do not allow a vacuum to form in the cylinder(s) at any time.

Now, I want you to think about the function of this thing:



We tend to call it a "compressor", but that is only at the outlet.
At the INLET, functionally, we might call it a VACUUM PUMP.

Now the Iroquois IIRC has an MAOP of about 1100 psig.
But these #Bombtrucks run at 3600 psig. 3x HIGHER PRESSURE.

But you only need a compressor for pushing LOWER to HIGHER.
Huh? So why do we need a big monster compressor at Manheim?

WE DON'T! 

But we DO NEED A VACUUM as the pressure reduces in the
cylinder approaching the receiving pipeline pressure (1100 psig,
in the case of the Iroquois), down to the Minimum Cylinder Pressure
of 200 psig,.

In fact, while it VOIDS THE WARRANTY and is known to Damage
the Cylinders to expose these tanks to a vacuum, XNG exposes
these things to a vacuum 3 times per day!!!! (x7) (x365)

BH

--
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Binghamton NY

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

BREAKING: Fenton ZBA: NG Advantage #BombTrucks station "Not a Truck Terminal"

NG Advantage #BombTrucks terminal REJECTED through Zoning!

Great news for the Fenton #BombTrucks terminal resistance!

Jeff Platsky writes:

"Now, the Vermont company has three options: 1: challenge the zoning ruling in court; 2: request a reclassification of the parcel by the Fenton Town Board to conform to land use codes; or 3: drop the project entirely."

Actually, I believe there are a couple of other options.

4: Fenton Town Board modifies zoning law and creates a newly defined industrial use. 

5: Obtain a Special Permit from the Planning Board.

But right now, the project is DEAD!

Great work to all involved!
BH


--
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Binghamton NY

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new Desmog #BombTrucks article

Great new article, by Justin Noble /Desmog.  Features Ron Barton's excellent research into the Special Permit conditions.  Thanks for th...