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NYC Sends “Poop Train” to Small Alabama Town, Where It’s Been Stuck for Months

31 pointsby arosierabout 7 years ago

4 comments

kpilabout 7 years ago
The law is somehow always flexible in only one direction.<p>If a government body says it can store a train full of shit just outside your backyard indefinitely, and you disagree, then oh, ah, no - sorry, there seems to be absolutely no legal framework that we can operate within that will get the train removed within your lifetime.<p>But on the other hand, another government body forgets to protect some electronic documents, and a teenager downloads them just by guessing incremental id:s, then just a phone call later the teen is swatted by 14 cops, and should be so lucky that they didn&#x27;t even kill the dog. Well they had if there was a dog to kill.
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TheVikingOwainabout 7 years ago
How can a city zone what’s stored in rail yards? I thought that was federal turf like in Vermont. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vtdigger.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;12&#x2F;11&#x2F;railroad-prevails-road-salt-storage-dispute-shelburne&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vtdigger.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;12&#x2F;11&#x2F;railroad-prevails-road-salt-...</a> And I believe there’s one about oil in rail cars I can’t find right now.
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violatorrrrrabout 7 years ago
I want to know more about how and why this poop finds it&#x27;s way into a train load, and why there are train loads at all?<p>Why did they put it on a train? Other than porta-potties, are there any other situations where poop isn&#x27;t flushed into the sewers?<p>Do sewage plants normally haul away treatment byproducts as cargo? How much of this, if any, comes from treament processing plants and not ad-hoc plumbing substitutes? I&#x27;d figure only porta-johns would have this problem?
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squarefootabout 7 years ago
Couldn&#x27;t they turn that poop into something useful such as manure? Also they should check that it is kept under constant airflow (even though at the risk of spreading more stink) because the gases could be highly flammable.
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