NYT –
Oil refineries across the country have been plagued by a record number of fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year, causing dozens of them to shut down temporarily or trim production. The disruptions are helping to drive gasoline prices to highs not seen since last summer’s records.
A third of the country’s 150 refineries have reported disruptions to their operations since the beginning of the year, a record according to analysts.
American refiners are running roughly 5 percent below their normal levels at this time of the year.
Systemic flaws coming to light (again). The solution, of course, revolves around gaining back the spare capacity by simplifying the system which means applying the right tech in the right places.
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[...] Posted by purpleslog on July 31st, 2007 On Shlok Vaidya’s Website (worth adding to your favorite RSS feed if it isn’t already), he links to an article on Oil Refinery problems such as: A third of the country’s 150 refineries have reported disruptions to their operations since the beginning of the year, a record according to analysts. [...]
Shloky’s “Invisible Hurricane” as 5GW Example? « PurpleSlog added these pithy words on Jul 31 07 at 7:32 pmHow do you know all this stuff is just accidental, and thus fixed by simplifying systems, and not the result of someone nefarious doing something nefarious, which would be fixed by complicating and adding redundancy to systems?
Wolf Pangloss added these pithy words on
Jul 23 07 at
7:55 pm
They don’t.
[This is try #2. The site didn't like 9+3=12]
purpleslog added these pithy words on
Jul 29 07 at
8:07 pm
