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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Dallas Fort Worth has a history of gas explosions after heavy rainfall due to the clay soil absorbing the water, expanding, then contracting, causing explosions.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Similar to an earthquake, the movement of the clay can cause gas pipes to break and leak.