New Vs. Old

Larger companies tend to use what they have already- instead of just buying new materials. In this case, they should have spent the extra $2.00!!

“A wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp. will pay $6.1 million in fines and plead guilty to a criminal charge in response to a 15,000-gallon diesel fuel spill at an Everett oil terminal - a mess that federal authorities said was caused, in part, by the company's failure to replace a $2 metal coupling.”