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Originally Posted by Weitz

You have this assumption that pipeline companies aren't continually trying to make things better and decrease spills. Why do you think that?

I don’t have that assumption.

Do you think they just are doing things as per usual every time a line is built? There is no new tech? No research going on?

There is proven improvement, I question whether or not it is the best they can do though.

Or do you feel no matter what they do they should do more?

There is only so much that can be done about anything. My issue is that these companies are making these efforts because they are being forced to do so. The reason these regulations came into existence was because for a long time there was no accountability. So while I applaud their efforts to address the issues and the costs associated with those efforts, I’m not convinced that everything that can be done is being done. With the money that these companies make I just don’t by the argument that more can’t be done, or that the increased costs would make certain measures financially unviable.