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Old 03-15-2012, 11:16 AM
 
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Being built in MONACA.

Shell to build billion-dollar petrochemical 'cracker' in Monaca - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/shell-to-build-billion-dollar-petrochemical-cracker-in-monaca-326100/ - broken link)
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:25 AM
 
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Default Cracking in Monaca

Anyone know of the acres of suitable land in Monaca... Riverside? Great news economically speaking.
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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Aw, ya beat me by a few minutes.

I thought they were shooting for the Aliquippa site, but the former Horsehead zinc plant is good too I guess.
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:36 AM
 
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It can't be any worse health-wise than the Zinc factory it's replacing, right?
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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That will be good news for manufacturing in an area it was always strong.
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:41 AM
 
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It can't be any worse health-wise than the Zinc factory it's replacing, right?
I hope not. It's not too far from me, although we're over the hill a bit so that should help.

Hey, maybe I can sell the house to an eventual worker there.
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:52 AM
 
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So THAT'S why this area is one of the least diverse!
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Old 03-15-2012, 12:01 PM
 
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So THAT'S why this area is one of the least diverse!



HAHAHA. I wanted to give you a reputation for this but the site says I cant.
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Old 03-15-2012, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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So THAT'S why this area is one of the least diverse!
Oh it took me ages to get that! I'm sitting here like WTF is this kid on about? Then pretty sure it was a joke but just couldn't grasp the sense of humor. Oh man. Slow this afternoon, too slow....
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Old 03-15-2012, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Oh it took me ages to get that! I'm sitting here like WTF is this kid on about? Then pretty sure it was a joke but just couldn't grasp the sense of humor. Oh man. Slow this afternoon, too slow....
The fumes are already getting to you
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