Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...

11/3/2012
1 result of the coal terminal would be short-term
2 construction jobs; very few long-term jobs.
3 Rather, the main profit to be made here is
4 being made by Peabody and the other coal company -- I
5 can't think of the name right now -- that are able to
6 buy this coal really cheaply because it's subsidized
7 by the government and then they make this huge profit
8 selling it to China. I just don't see the point for
9 the rest of us.
10 I'm concerned mostly though about the ships
11 because they're huge. And as has been talked about
12 several times, the chances of running aground or
13 running into a ferry or some other sea vessel is going
14 to get worse and worse with the greater number of
15 ships. We have very narrow straits, difficult
16 navigation. The chances of an accident will get
17 worse.
18 These ships are single hulled, so one breach
19 and you have got bunker fuel or diesel or possibly
20 even the coal spilling. So to me it's a no brainer.
21 I just don't even see how this can be considered.
22 The spill would impact the economy, tourism,
23 fishing. It would impact us residents and certainly
24 the wildlife.
25 So please scope the impact of a spill on the
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