Comments on: MEP Roberta Metsola leads petition to European Union to remove risk to residents around Marsaxlokk bay https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nosferatu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1582784 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:59:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1582784 “Petition on the Maltese Government’s plans to berth a floating liquefied gas storage unit close to shore and the risks it poses”

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Petition-on-Marsaxlokk-Gas-Storage-Unit

As of now (9.00am Saturday 22nd February 2014) number of petition signatories stands at 1092.

What does it take to get people to sign – a Big Bang?

]]> By: Denis https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1578079 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:49:37 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1578079 In reply to ciccio.

5) Will even out the landslide victory

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1576323 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:04:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1576323 What was the name of that jerk with an address in Marsaxlokk who said that a new power plant is in ‘our children’s interest’, while his wife had to sue him for child maintenance?

He’s been awfully quiet lately.

]]> By: John Higgins https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575991 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:46:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575991 God forbid that such an accident could happen. But should it happen it would serve the residents of Marsaxlokk and Birzebbuga right for not speaking out against it.

[Daphne – That’s a truly despicable attitude. Aside from the fact that nobody deserves to die or have their home devastated in a massive gas explosion, any such explosion will also ruin YOUR life because whatever wipes out the infrastructure wipes out the economy and normal life as we know it. We will be reduced to normal life as our grandparents’ generation knew it.]

]]> By: Josette https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575976 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:40:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575976 In reply to francesca.

Will the Freeport be able to get the insurance it needs to continue to operate?

]]> By: Josette https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575967 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:37:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575967 In reply to Bubu.

Remember that the area contains a number of other dangerous facilities which will increase the force of the explosion beyond that that presented by the simple failure of the containment facility.

]]> By: francesca https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575648 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:31:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575648 Not that any form of compensation will be enough in case of an incident, but will anyone even insure these storage vessels?

]]> By: Resident https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575470 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:16:48 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575470 http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Petition-on-Marsaxlokk-Gas-Storage-Unit

]]> By: Mikiel https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575243 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:22:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575243 7) we’ll all be in sh**

]]> By: Bubu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/mep-roberta-metsola-leads-petition-to-european-union-to-remove-risk-to-residents-around-marsaxlokk-bay/#comment-1575165 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:32:52 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44326#comment-1575165 In reply to QahbuMalti.

I have calculated that, in the event of a catastrophic failure with the containment, a rough estimate of the potential immediate blast radius would be approximately 3km.

That would effectively shut down most of the Maltese infrastructure when in comes to energy and industry. The infrastructure would be rewound back to what it was in post-war Malta.

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