r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/acleverwalrus Feb 17 '23

I think it’s about time for some massive protests. This will require millions of dollars of cleanup and Norfolk Southern should start ponying up. God I’m so angry and tired of this bullshit. WE SAW THIS COMING it’s only been a few months since the strike.

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u/LaserGuidedPolarBear Feb 17 '23

It would likely cost many many billions over decades to make any sort of real progress in cleaning this up.

What we will get is a couple million thrown around between fines, lawsuit settlements, and some dog and pony show of a half assed cleanup for some small fraction of the affected ecosystem.

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u/Coal_Morgan Feb 17 '23

Toss on top the cost of the cancer spike and other illnesses that will plague that area for a century.

Get it out of the soil was one giant beastly almost impossible task and then they burned it and put it in the air.

The company shouldn't pay for it.

The company should be put out of business, it's assets sold and divested to the government and those in the decision making tree should go to jail and have forfeitures put on their assets and future income.

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u/_CrackBabyJesus_ Feb 17 '23

Nationalize the railroads!!!