Dear Editor:
Re: Let Science Determine Best Pipeline Scheme, Dec. 11 Mailbox.
Carl Shalanski writes: “(Prime Minister Trudeau), direct your scientists to show you, scientifically, that both B.C. pipeline proposals might be unwise.”
All pipeline and other industrial projects, by law, not only are studied to determine technical and economic viability but also are designed by professional engineers, and only by professional engineers.
Professional engineers study all feasible options to determine the best option. All professional engineers have the equivalent of at least a bachelor of applied science degree.
They not only have the latest proven science, but also know how to use it. (Engineering specialties include) civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, forest, geoscience, naval and other disciplines.
Pipelines are the most sophisticated and demanding of all aspects of engineering.
Pipes are buried in the ground, supported above ground as by dedicated bridges to cross every river encountered and must survive every force of nature imaginable — earthquake, landslides, floods, fire, extreme cold and extreme wind as for those bridges mentioned. And yes, to be protected from vandalism.
Social and political aspects are considered by others and, if technically and economically feasible, may be applied.
Norman Fawkes
North Vancouver
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