Comments on: Marlene Farrugia goes to war: the gas pipeline is the best solution and anything else is an unsightly waste of money https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: albona https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1622145 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:07:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1622145 In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

I have just been reaching for my valerian, for now. The Farrugias should leave the party and found a new splinter party.

Godfrey or whatever his name is is just going to be scapegoated as is Konrad Mizzi.

Marlene is just a renegade with no sense of accountability. A three-man splinter party is the only option that sees them bow out of politics with some dignity.

]]> By: J Farrugia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1620325 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:48:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1620325 I wonder how she will vote for it in parliament, with the big leader watching.

]]> By: just me https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1618852 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:05:53 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1618852 In reply to Jozef.

These certainly were not implosions…

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQrVXEPQrM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW9sW_fJqOo

]]> By: just me https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1618317 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:30:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1618317 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140310/local/muscat-safer-to-berth-lng-tanker-inside-marsaxlokk-bay-than-offshore.510039

]]> By: Tabatha White https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1617636 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:43:46 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1617636 Until Marlene Farrugia matches actions in Parliament to her words they are worth sweet nothing.

Just spin.

]]> By: xmun https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1617212 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:40:54 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1617212 She goes out on attack but then tries to dampen the whole issue with the last sentence, placing the blame on the previous PN administration

]]> By: fm https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1617153 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:40:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1617153 Then she should have voted PN, as that was the previous government’s policy.

]]> By: Aunt Hetty https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1616824 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:58:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1616824 Hot air!

]]> By: eve https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1616629 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:54:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1616629 Ma naqbilx. U jekk l-EU ikollha xi kwistjoni mar-Russja? Kullhadd jaf kemm huma bullies gvernijiet Russi. X’naghmlu nispiccaw minghajr elettriku?

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/marlene-farrugia-goes-to-war-the-gas-pipeline-is-the-best-solution-and-anything-else-is-an-unsightly-waste-of-money/#comment-1616565 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:09:40 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44652#comment-1616565 In reply to Jozef.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-03-09/news/pm-defends-lng-storage-plans-says-tanker-will-eventually-be-replaced-4196237312/

See?

He still found the time for the usual lies of course,

‘…The PN used to say that such tankers did not exist until a year ago; an EU expert has given the go-ahead for the government’s plans and the Opposition’s scaremongering will not be believed by the people of the south…’

Given that he was forced to more than double capacity because no vessel small enough for the initial 60,000cbm capacity was available, we can say the problem’s solved. Up yours PN and Ann Fenech.

‘…He added that the new gas power station would lead to cleaner air, replacing the ‘silent killers’ which were left by a PN-led administration, referring to the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO)….’

And wasn’t he supposed to change over immediately from HFO to gasoil once elected to save our lives?

‘…He said that as soon as a funding agreement will be reached with the EU, a gas pipeline would eventually replace the tanker and the Marsa power station would be closed….’

Silly me thought Marsa would be closed as soon as the interconnector’s in place and running, but perhaps leaving it restricted to one fifth of its capacity requires Marsa be kept up and running, EU fines and all.

This individual cannot go on spouting nonsense for another four years simply to keep up his charades. Something will have to give. And it is, noticed how people seem reluctant to part with their money lately?

The sign of a general lack of trust, especially when the project relies on these arguments;

Dr Gauci rubbished fears that a natural gas cloud could ignite directly over Marsaxlokk.

‘…He explained that a gas cloud could not reach the inner harbour area and endanger residents’ lives, as it would have found a source of ignition long before drifting across the port into residential areas.

The report by Papadakis says that any gas cloud will meet a source of ignition within two minutes of an accident happening.

Dr Gauci said that any ignition will result in a burn-back to source, meaning that the flames will not envelope outwards to residential areas but rather implode….’

Implode, a highly flammable gas in vapour state known to have no flash limit will simply implode.

Where do they get their physics, Wile E. Coyote’s ACME?

Good to know ignition will take place mostly around the power plant leaving the whole island crippled.

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