Megantic - Canada's 9/11

On the day that the Lac Megantic rail disaster hit the headlines, Canada’s Federal Public Safety Minister quit politics.  He had served with distinction, and I don’t blame him for packing it in.  In my opinion, Canada’s 9/11 had become a reality.

The Western world cannot throw off its compulsion to prod the vicious Islamic pit bull, and the pit bull is understandably busy ferreting out every point of weakness it can exploit to get back at us.

Here is what our detractors may have discovered: A coven of greedy business men shipping explosive cargo down a rail line with no signals, in a Province with lax Regulation, no supervision, a system of feudal law and a population unable to retaliate in the English language.  And now I suspect that Canadians who do speak English are helping out the enemy by lying about the event in an effort to protect their own delicate egos.

First we were told that no one knew what was in the rail cars (wagons) that exploded.  Then we were told that Bakken oil from North Dakota contains volatiles that blow up.  That’s a dangerous stretch.  And now we’re told that the rail cars were not properly labeled.  Nobody can tell us what was in them.  We may never know.

First, let me guess:  What if every fifth tank car on that train was transporting violently explosive compressed natural gas?  What if a siding switch derailed the train in the middle of that quiet community?  Who set the switch to force the speeding “wagons” onto the siding?  Do all trains leave on their own when stopped on a grade?  An accident?  I don’t think so.

Now, let me hypothesize:  The profitless oil recovered by salvage fracking in North Dakota brings with it natural gas that is burned off for lack of pipeline capacity to safely ship it to market. (You know – the anti-pipeline lobby).  Some of this natural gas ends up on rail tank cars, thousands of which recently began passing quietly through cities, towns and villages all over North and Central America.  Lac Megantic, Quebec just happened to experience the first of a multitude of consequent future explosive disasters that we peons unfortunately cannot avoid.

If I had my say, all high volume transport of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) would be by pipeline.  Instead, the railways are shipping CNG in volume, and preparing to transport more dangerous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as I write.

Canada’s 9/ll.  It’s only the beginning.  Where is Dr. Suzuki when towns blow up?  Sorry.  It’s about the money.