Oil Spill

[[AK]Camelwalk]

I hate MSNBC and Rachel Maddow but nobody eles has talked about this and she makes a good story here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmhxpQEGPo

I had no idea that this had happen before, it still sad and Im still mad!

[[AK]Nuts]

One of the 'worst spills in history' back in '79 and you never heard of it? Almost as if they cleaned it up, nature recovered, and life went on.

This whole report was: "It's happened once and they didn't learn. Shame on them." Which is utterly ridiculous.

And yes, Oil companies are more technologically advanced as drilling deeper, because enviro-wackos won't let them drill on land.

And as far as oil becoming the most 'profitable business in the universe'? Typical leftist, socialist crap. 'You make money... hence, you're evil', right?

[[AK]Rocks]

Has anyone thought of using a ShamWOW to pick up the oil?

[[AK]Bojan]

Has anyone thought of using a ShamWOW to pick up the oil?

Oxyclean and Shamwow need to partner up and take care of this mess.

[[AK]Camelwalk]

Well BP's done and they failed, bye bye gulf for awhile

http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/20...uard-says.html

oh and this is a breath of fresh air!

http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/toxic...north-america/

[[AK]Nuts]

http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/toxic...north-america/

Let's see... the EU Times source is this website which seems to be a doomsday fear-mongering cult that believe that a "death star" is coming (but probably more likely an internet hoax news generator). There's no link to any actual government agency, scientific report or industry news release.

[[AK]Camelwalk]

One of the 'worst spills in history' back in '79 and you never heard of it? Almost as if they cleaned it up, nature recovered, and life went on.

This whole report was: "It's happened once and they didn't learn. Shame on them." Which is utterly ridiculous.

And yes, Oil companies are more technologically advanced as drilling deeper, because enviro-wackos won't let them drill on land.

And as far as oil becoming the most 'profitable business in the universe'? Typical leftist, socialist crap. 'You make money... hence, you're evil', right?

I was 4 at the time, and I really never heard of it, up til now.....I was just shocked that I have not heard that there was a spill before. They said the Valdeez was the worst oil spill at 11 million barrells. The 1979 leak was 30000 gallons a day for months which was over 11 barrells. I was just suprised I never heard of it and I know there are some youngsters around these forums you old pro!

[[AK]Swae]

The biggest problem with this, as with many other large disasters, is delegation of authority. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, which is the home of our Coastal Authority, was basically told that until the oil reached waters of the state, they had to stay home. Once the damage was done and the oil hit our marshes, then and only then were they invited to play.

What sucks is that Louisiana receives no direct compensation from deep-water drilling off of our coast, but we do receive the negative impacts in the event something happens. BP is writing the checks and therefore directing the cash at this point, which is understandable, but I think Louisiana should have a greater say in how this is managed, since we are the ones that will feel the yet-unknown economic impact for quite some time.

As an aside, I am very pro-drilling. The energy industry is huge in Louisiana, and I would hate to see that compromised by potential regulations that would drive the business elsewhere. Hell, my own job depends on it (which may be why I am now part-time..lol). However, I do feel that if a company is going to pursue new exploration technologies, they should have enough layers of protection and response plans to prevent another event like this from happening.