Thousands of Gas Leaks Discovered Under Streets of Washington DC

First time accepted submitter gallifreyan99 writes "Researchers from Duke revealed today that they had discovered nearly 5,900 gas leaks under the streets of Washington DC, including 12 that posed a serious risk of explosion. And it's not just Washington: a gas industry whistleblower who is part of the team showed this was happening in cities all over America."

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great! now maybe they can

[Anonymous Coward]

take care of the massive rat problem at 1st & Capitol NE?

Re:great! now maybe they can

[oneiros27]

Not to worry, there are forces at hand already working on the rodent problem there.

Re:great! now maybe they can

[Anonymous Coward]

From you're comment, I'm not sure if you have rat problem that is massive, or if you have a problem with massive rats. Or perhaps both...

Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist...

Re:Private enterprise to the rescue

[plover]

Utilities should be public, and not operated for profit.

But ... free markets! Capitalism! Invisible hands! Civil liberties! Competition!

You socialists think that just because corporate greed has always won every decision in every board room ever, that means that every future corporation will be equally corrupt. We'll be the first to tell you that "past performance is no guarantee of future success." It could certainly happen that a private, for-profit utility would put the public good ahead of their profits.

Well, it could happen.

There is only one solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Prosecute the whistleblowers for leaking the leaks!

Think of the^W^W^W Imagine what a terrorist could do with this information!

Am I the only one not surprised?

[Cro Magnon]

I always knew WDC was full of gas.

No no no

[Greyfox]

That's Ok! I don't see any need for job-killing regulations for the energy industry in Washington! If anything they need LESS regulation, or someone will outsource all those gas jobs to China! Congress doesn't want to kill jobs do they?