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QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal Wow! It must be a brain virus going around. "Petrochemicals" usually refers to the byproducts of refining, not the distilates. Not all petroleum products can move by pipeline, not all the country is accessed by pipeline, and not all pipelines are heading in the direction of the consumption markets. Distribution of propane to the end users is usually done by railcar.
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Wow, Dave, You might want to call Shell, British Petroleum, Phillips, Solvay, Lubrizol, Exxon Mobil, Valero, and Fina and tell them that...those silly companies seem to have thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline they are not using... Dave lives in a very small world. Maybe he should sign up for the Port's Ship Channel tour follwed by the PTRA tour. That is they way that certain people act on this board, they make things up to support their point when others poke holes in their argument. If you do not agree with them they then resort to name calling, or better yet, they Google your name to see if they can find any dirt on you.[}:)] Bert Well Bert, I guess I wasn't the ONLY one to notice this. [:D] Wow! It must be a brain virus going around. "Petrochemicals" usually refers to the byproducts of refining, not the distilates. Not all petroleum products can move by pipeline, not all the country is accessed by pipeline, and not all pipelines are heading in the direction of the consumption markets. Distribution of propane to the end users is usually done by railcar. As for the rest of Bert's post, nothing but pure pedanticism.
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Wow, Dave, You might want to call Shell, British Petroleum, Phillips, Solvay, Lubrizol, Exxon Mobil, Valero, and Fina and tell them that...those silly companies seem to have thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline they are not using... Dave lives in a very small world. Maybe he should sign up for the Port's Ship Channel tour follwed by the PTRA tour. That is they way that certain people act on this board, they make things up to support their point when others poke holes in their argument. If you do not agree with them they then resort to name calling, or better yet, they Google your name to see if they can find any dirt on you.[}:)] Bert Well Bert, I guess I wasn't the ONLY one to notice this. [:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Wow, Dave, You might want to call Shell, British Petroleum, Phillips, Solvay, Lubrizol, Exxon Mobil, Valero, and Fina and tell them that...those silly companies seem to have thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline they are not using... Dave lives in a very small world. Maybe he should sign up for the Port's Ship Channel tour follwed by the PTRA tour. That is they way that certain people act on this board, they make things up to support their point when others poke holes in their argument. If you do not agree with them they then resort to name calling, or better yet, they Google your name to see if they can find any dirt on you.[}:)] Bert
QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Wow, Dave, You might want to call Shell, British Petroleum, Phillips, Solvay, Lubrizol, Exxon Mobil, Valero, and Fina and tell them that...those silly companies seem to have thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline they are not using... Dave lives in a very small world. Maybe he should sign up for the Port's Ship Channel tour follwed by the PTRA tour.
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Wow, Dave, You might want to call Shell, British Petroleum, Phillips, Solvay, Lubrizol, Exxon Mobil, Valero, and Fina and tell them that...those silly companies seem to have thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline they are not using...
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Oh, now it's an open invitation, is it? And for what? To watch a sorryass operation manned by folks like Ed? On my own dime?! No offer of paying my appearance fee, no per diem? And you call that "chickening out"?. I call it a waste of my valuable time and resources. And I would have thought someone down there in oil country would have a better grasp on which petro products go by which mode to which consumer market a majority of the time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol "Introducing open access to interstate pipelines and their unbundling from gas sales has allowed end users to participate in the efficiency gains in upstream markets. All this has contributed to declining retail prices for all major consumer categories." Andrej Juris, "Development of Natural Gas and Pipeline Capacity Markets in the United States," World Bank, March, 1998.
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Oh, now it's an open invitation, is it? And for what? To watch a sorryass operation manned by folks like Ed? On my own dime?! No offer of paying my appearance fee, no per diem? And you call that "chickening out"?. I call it a waste of my valuable time and resources. And I would have thought someone down there in oil country would have a better grasp on which petro products go by which mode to which consumer market a majority of the time. So, ignoring Dave's insults on this post, we can easily conclude 1) he's not a railfan, and 2) he's allergic to doing anything resembling real work. You could wonder what his knowledge is of railroads would be based on, like anybody with a blank profile. It also makes you wonder what his "star" appeal would be. "On my own dime?! No offer of paying my appearance fee, no per diem?"
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol Oh gosh, open access is quite a sensitive topic. Some feel it would be a solution, some don't. It was interesting to see that it had been effective for interstate pipelines which share many of the networking considerations that rail does. I think enforcing the 180% R/VC standard in the Staggers Act would be a better solution than open access, but I still haven't quite got a handle on the ramifications of open access in the rail industry.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol Oh gosh, open access is quite a sensitive topic. Some feel it would be a solution, some don't. It was interesting to see that it had been effective for interstate pipelines which share many of the networking considerations that rail does. I think enforcing the 180% R/VC standard in the Staggers Act would be a better solution than open access, but I still haven't quite got a handle on the ramifications of open access in the rail industry. I agree if it is updated to todays enviroment. Its a 20th century answer to a 21st century problem. There have been changes to the industry in 40 years.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol I don't know of a specialty petrochemical that is.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb Okay murph I'll give you all of that. So how do you get RR "A" with 55% captive shippers to be able to compete fairly with RR "B" who has only 40% captive shippers. One has lost more income than the other. "A" must raise its other rates more than "B" in markets where they compete directly. "A" will lose market share to "B" who intially will have problems meeting the increased demands. As the cheapest way to go what's another day? The additional income will facilitate more capacity and the traffic will be hard to get back by "A". The solution requires a level playing field for all. Captive, non-captive and railroads.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol I don't know of a specialty petrochemical that is. You mentioned ehtylene and propylene on your list of petrochemicals. As every one knows in the "trade" it moves via pipeline in massive quanaties. If chemical enginering was your trade where did you ply your trade? What are your degress in chemical enginering? Who granted the degrees?
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Oh, now it's an open invitation, is it? And for what? To watch a sorryass operation manned by folks like Ed? On my own dime?! No offer of paying my appearance fee, no per diem? And you call that "chickening out"?. I call it a waste of my valuable time and resources. And I would have thought someone down there in oil country would have a better grasp on which petro products go by which mode to which consumer market a majority of the time. So, ignoring Dave's insults on this post, we can easily conclude 1) he's not a railfan, and 2) he's allergic to doing anything resembling real work. You could wonder what his knowledge is of railroads would be based on, like anybody with a blank profile. It also makes you wonder what his "star" appeal would be. "On my own dime?! No offer of paying my appearance fee, no per diem?" So Tom, apparently turning down an *invitation* from Ed is considered an "insult" down there in banjo country, yet being accused of "chickening out" over the understandable disregard I have for the faux invitation is NOT an insult? Whatever. Now I guess the reference to "banjo country" will be considered an insult by your type. Oh no! Now referencing "your type" will be considered an insult! Oh no! I'll say this, and if you guys want to pu***he "insult" angle, by all means go ahead, you all have lost whatever credibiltiy you might have had at this point. Bert is ignorant of the difference between the monopolistic tactics of the US railroad industry and the current operations of the oil & petrochemical industry. He claims there is no difference between the railroads' captive shipper rates and the oil industry's current fuel prices. What I pointed out to him was that there are no consumers that are captive to the oil industry, so to try to analogize the railroad industry with the oil industry is ridiculous. Bert then proceeded to accuse anyone who disagreed with him of name calling and Google name searches to ostensibly scrape up some dirt on him. Well, fine. Bert, you are ignorant. There, now I have given credibility to your otherwise asinine "name calling" acusation. My bad. As for a Google search, really now, why would I care? Now, Tom. Do you really want to go into the comparison of how petrochemicals get to the primary consumption markets, or are you fine with thinking that all petrochemicals can get to the end user by pipeline? Just let me know and we'll go from there. No name calling, no Google searches, just a discussion.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol I don't know of a specialty petrochemical that is. You mentioned ehtylene and propylene on your list of petrochemicals. As every one knows in the "trade" it moves via pipeline in massive quanaties. If chemical enginering was your trade where did you ply your trade? What are your degress in chemical enginering? Who granted the degrees? Ethylene and propylene are not classified as specialty chemicals. Now, go back and read the post. Do you have any numbers, or just words like "massive." How much goes by pipeline, how much by rail? What's your educational background in chemistry and actual experience?
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Guess Dave doesn’t want that ticket after all....[8D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal "...manned by folks like Ed..." is an insult?! Hmmmmm, is comparing someone to Ed an insult? Okay, I apologize to anyone that I compared to Ed.[|(] And who says I don't acknowledge my own mistakes?[:-,]
QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox Michael why not fill out your profile and give us more information about your past as a railroader, farmer, attorney, teacher, etc?
QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol I don't know of a specialty petrochemical that is. You mentioned ehtylene and propylene on your list of petrochemicals. As every one knows in the "trade" it moves via pipeline in massive quanaties.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol Well, TomDiehl, Edblysard, and BobWilcox all showed up -- nothing to contribute to the thread, just the usual. Always happens.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol Oh good grief, another pile on by the half-informed. Chemical engineering was my original trade. "Petrochemical" is not a term of art, it is precisely defined as a type and class. I worked with a number of the following petrochemicals, and this would be a typical list of "petrochemicals." ethylene polyethylenes ethylene oxide ethylene glycols polyesters engine coolant glycol ethers ethoxylates vinyl acetate 1,2-dichloroethane trichloroethylene tetrachloroethylene vinyl chloride polyvinyl chloride ethylbenzene styrene polystyrenes synthetic rubbers higher olefins detergent alcohols propylene cumene acetone bisphenol A epoxy resins polycarbonate solvents isopropyl alcohol acrylonitrile polypropylene propylene oxide propylene glycol glycol ethers acrylic acid acrylic polymers allyl chloride epichlorohydrin epoxy resins butadiene synthetic rubbers benzene ethylbenzene styrene polystyrenes synthetic rubbers cumene acetone bisphenol A epoxy resins polycarbonate cyclohexane adipic acid nylons caprolactam nylons nitrobenzene aniline methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) polyurethanes alkylbenzene detergents chlorobenzene toluene benzene toluene diisocyanate (TDI) polyurethanes benzoic acid caprolactam nylon mixed xylenes ortho-xylene phthalic anhydride para-xylene dimethyl terephthalate polyesters purified terephthalic acid polyesters Many, most, of these are called "specialty" chemcials. For a variety of reasons including purity concerns, most are not shipped by pipeline. I don't know of a specialty petrochemical that is.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard as for a Google search, really now, why would I care?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl Originally posted by futuremodal Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Bert is ignorant of the difference between the monopolistic tactics of the US railroad industry and the current operations of the oil & petrochemical industry. He claims there is no difference between the railroads' captive shipper rates and the oil industry's current fuel prices. What I pointed out to him was that there are no consumers that are captive to the oil industry, so to try to analogize the railroad industry with the oil industry is ridiculous. I gave you an example of how oil companies have people captive, look it up. An "expensive model collector" Reply « First«3456789»Last » Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl Originally posted by futuremodal Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Bert is ignorant of the difference between the monopolistic tactics of the US railroad industry and the current operations of the oil & petrochemical industry. He claims there is no difference between the railroads' captive shipper rates and the oil industry's current fuel prices. What I pointed out to him was that there are no consumers that are captive to the oil industry, so to try to analogize the railroad industry with the oil industry is ridiculous. I gave you an example of how oil companies have people captive, look it up. An "expensive model collector" Reply « First«3456789»Last » Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by futuremodal Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed Bert is ignorant of the difference between the monopolistic tactics of the US railroad industry and the current operations of the oil & petrochemical industry. He claims there is no difference between the railroads' captive shipper rates and the oil industry's current fuel prices. What I pointed out to him was that there are no consumers that are captive to the oil industry, so to try to analogize the railroad industry with the oil industry is ridiculous.
Originally posted by edblysard No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... So far, he has chickened out every time. Go figure.[:D]Ed
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