A battle in rural Midwest as farmers fight carbon capture pipeline
A battle in rural Midwest as farmers fight carbon capture pipeline
By Nina Elkadi Kathy Stockdale and her husband have spent almost 50 years working the land in central Iowa. As a family farmer raising corn and soybeans, Stockdale knows how to deal with harsh weather, poor crop prices, and an array of other challenges that come with a making a living in agricultur...
I wonder what the kill radius is if the pipeline bursts? Seems like that should be factored in. 700ft may initially sound like a lot when we're talking co2 but I remember the incident of a town dying when a lake "burped" a bunch of co2 which flooded the town and killed almost everyone.
That is insane. Which area was that? I wonder if the townspeople even noticed it coming
The only story that pops up is a pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi. No fatalities, 46 people hospitalized.
Maybe OP is misremembering?https://apnews.com/general-news-24e50c057a8102b18247f1fad7837605 https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22642806/co2-pipeline-explosion-satartia-mississippi-carbon-capture
Edit: They probably mean this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster
Hazardous CO2?
It's heavier than air and will displace oxygen in the area causing asphyxiation.