Canada approves pipeline to ship oil to Asia

[Sunseeker]

lol touché.

The irony is: old things fail because they're simple. A rusted pipe breaks. New things fail because they're complicated. The gas pedal and brakes fail because they no longer link directly to a pump, but are instead signals fed through a computer.

[Tradewind]

The irony is: old things fail because they're simple. A rusted pipe breaks. New things fail because they're complicated. The gas pedal and brakes fail because they no longer link directly to a pump, but are instead signals fed through a computer.

Yeah or people don't pay attention to the new safety systems, which is an issue. Or there's some stupid disconnect between the monitors and the people responsible for addressing the issue...

Edmonton people: "oh there's an indication that this pipe is ruptured, I better tell someone soon"
Michigan people: "hrm looks like it's just a blockage...lets, put another 100k barrels through this shit at a faster rate and higher pressure to unclog it!"