Last week's explosion in San Bruno is another warning that we have to get our infrastructure under control. One piece of this infrastructure - gas pipelines (the cause of the San Bruno explosion) - seems to be crying out for help. More than 60% of our gas pipelines are more than 40 years old; the San Bruno line was 50 years old and at the end of its useful life.
In the past 20 years there have been 2,840 "significant gas pipeline accidents"; that's more than 2 a week. More than 900 of these accidents have resulted in deaths or serious injury. Isn't it time to get serious about our infrastructure?
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