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Large Explosion in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas (theatlasnews.co)

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[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Love to live in my exploding city because the ground makes things explode.

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Cynically, I'd bet there's a solution to this. However, it'd eat into gas company profits and Texas, being a deregulation "paradise", doesn't require it in the code, so it doesn't get done. So occasionally the gas mains spontaneously explode...

See also Texas power instability in the winter.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There sure is a solution. Stop using gas, at least at the commercial and residential level. Rely on the grid instead. It just doesn't make any sense to pipe around a dangerous substance like methane. Plus it ties us to one fuel source, as opposed to the grid allowing anything that can produce electricity.