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The Corrib Gasline

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Wednesday November 09, 2005 18:34

by Henry

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A little deductive logic

Let us conduct a little logical analysis of Shell's motives at Rossport:

(1) Shell is spending its own money on the Corrib pipeline.
(2) The protests are holding up construction of the pipeline meaning Shell is losing money.
(3) Suppose Shell as the protestors claim are in fact building a pipeline which is in danger of exploding.
(4) Surely then if then Shell would be ensuring that keeping in mind the supposedly high risk of an explosion that they would not only lose the money lost due to the delay caused by the protests but also the larger costs in building the pipeline in the first place.
(5) If Shell were foolish this would be the case.
(6) However Shell has been involved in the gas and oil business for decades and it stands to reason that business people with this expertise would be motivated to build a pipeline that would be unlikely to explode in order to secure their investment.
(7) It is therefore more likely that the pipeline would in fact be safely constructed.
(8) Therefore the protestors are more than likely mistaken that the pipeline is dangerous.

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Comments (29 of 29)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	BIG ASSumption	conor	Wed Nov 09, 2005 18:45
2	what about nigeria	t	Wed Nov 09, 2005 19:28
3	Henry - flaw in your argument - there is Not a "high risk" of the pipe exploding	Michael R.	Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:26
4	Oh now I see	Henry	Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:41
5	More...	Henry	Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:44
6	shell has a history	eif	Wed Nov 09, 2005 23:39
7	The Perfect world	Kathy	Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:43
8	What other technical reasons?	Henry	Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:55
9	A sense of reason	Simon	Thu Nov 10, 2005 13:52
10	Reply to above	Reply	Thu Nov 10, 2005 15:51
11	What I meant...	Henry	Thu Nov 10, 2005 17:54
12	Reply to Henry	Reply	Thu Nov 10, 2005 18:17
13	I believe there is the same threat - a small one	Henry	Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:13
14	Henry the Expert	fgs	Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:25
15	Observe	Henry	Fri Nov 11, 2005 19:09
16	Smoking Kills.......	RHS	Fri Nov 11, 2005 19:11
17	My point exactly	Henry	Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:12
18	henry you fool	me	Sat Nov 12, 2005 19:31
19	Corrib Truth	Tadhg McGrath	Thu Nov 17, 2005 19:16
20	A little deductive logic	soundmigration	Thu Nov 17, 2005 19:35
21	Corrib gasline	Dicky the	Tue Jan 03, 2006 23:19
22	If a woodpecker going to drill a hole through the pipe or something?	rooster	Thu Jan 05, 2006 00:25
23	Woodpeckers occur as migrants	R. Isible	Thu Jan 05, 2006 02:26
24	his hypothesis does however fail	rooster	Thu Jan 05, 2006 16:21
25	Some Gas facts about Ireland and Corrib	T	Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:27
26	Re: Some Gas facts about Ireland and Corrib	T	Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:30
27	Opinion from Rossport	JM	Sun Sep 03, 2006 15:23
28	Embarassed??	cool j	Mon Sep 04, 2006 13:23
29	Corrib Campaign	Gas Man	Mon Sep 04, 2006 14:18

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