Safety issue with use of LNG
From "The National Electricity Sector Policy"
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That Belco went ahead and installed electricity-generation equipment capable of being converted to use LNG is on them. We the taxpayers should not be held hostage to that arrogant decision.
The re-gasification process I believe involves mooring a tanker in the vicinity of the Oil Docks and discharging its cargo over a period of two weeks, it being then immediately replaced by another arriving tanker. The re-gasification will occur on a purpose-built barge. For safety reasons having to do with the explosive capability of a fully- loaded, high-pressure LNG tanker, that barge has to be at least a half-mile offshore and surrounded by an exclusion zone of 1 mile in diameter.
In the event of an explosion, is a half-mile enough distance to insulate the existing petrol, diesel and other fuel storage tanks beside the Oil Docks from the impacts of such a catastrophe? I wouldn't want to be a nearby resident or a worker at those facilities testing that hypothesis.
The gas will have to be piped to Belco. Further risk of leaks, ruptured pipes, etc. along the way. Again, I'd prefer not to be one of the guinea-pig residents along that pipeline.
LNG is a stupid idea for Bermuda. Why are we still talking about it?
