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TRCPA

01/22/06 10:09 AM

#12690 RE: Jagman #12689

Exactly. As you indicated earlier, such big, highly proftiable companies have no desire or interest for government handouts like their smaller counterparts.....who simply abuse the system.... do.

Nor do they have any interest in influencing legislation based from their size, via lobbyist pursuits.







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TRCPA

01/22/06 10:15 AM

#12691 RE: Jagman #12689

Surely THIS kind of testing will automatically lead to a highly profitable event.

"General Electric Co. has begun early work on self-propelled, smart robots with existing magnetic or ultrasound sensing that would nose through pipeline twists and bottlenecks and maybe decide to linger where leaks are most likely, says Michael Simmons, a manager at GE's pipeline services unit."

Can we imagine a point in time where technology is used in such a way that it reduces the risk so far as to be minuscule? Yeah, I think so," he says."

Indeed. Imagine? Certainly.

I understand what you mean now about realities, not just promises.