oil spill hits Louisiana coast

KDH12

I have no idea about the process of extracting oil but....

isn't it common to have explosions and fires at land based wells?

why wouldn't it be any different for offshore wells?

just wondering

Get_Right

PearlJam24 wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

True
But the clean up is gonna cost them out of pocket bucks-And we all know how much they hate spending money to clean up the environment. I think I am going to invent a valve that can remotely open or shut a well below the surface/ocean bottom.

You're too late on the invention...the valves exist but are not used on a lot of platforms because it is not a requirement. BP is a company that chose to not use them.

oh well

(pun intended)

haffajappa

norm wrote:

"Every a-hole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty" -- Bill Maher

love bill maher!!!!!!

haffajappa

prfctlefts wrote:

Yeah you're probably right... But then again people probably said the same thing bringing down the WTC buildings to. just sayin....

Yeah but that was part of the plan of a group of people that went with their views.

I seriously doubt devestating entire ecosystems in the Gulf would be the intention of any environmentalist group, no matter how radically they wanted to send a message. That would be like setting fire to a forest to protest logging companies.

gimmesometruth27

haffajappa wrote:

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or burning churhces to counterprotest the prolifers..
or death penalty protestors killing prison guards...

i don't know of any environmentalist who would do such a thing, and the very notion of that happening would be disgusting to them.

haffajappa

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

or burning churhces to counterprotest the prolifers..
or death penalty protestors killing prison guards...

i don't know of any environmentalist who would do such a thing, and the very notion of that happening would be disgusting to them.

I guess there would be one example of pro-lifers killing doctors that would work, but still from an environmentalist standpoint, i agree they would be disgusted if anything were to happen like that.

TravisTheSky

he still stands wrote:

YOU demand it (so do I). We must change our behavior soon or we will be kicked off of "Pandora." The blame is on all of us.

OR: This oil spill will be used by the Mass Media to make everyone feel that way. Then people will be more accepting of huge sin taxes/carbon taxes on fuel, electricity, etc. We The People will have less money, therefore less power. And the Banksters will have even more!

Mustn't let any tragedy go to waste!

Pepe Silvia

polaris_x wrote:

i will assume this was an accident ... the question ultimately was the rig properly regulated and inspected ... not likely but that could be said of countless projects everywhere ... many industries are ticking time bombs when it comes to the potential for disaster ...

in any case - i attribute partially the recent rash of earthquakes to drilling ... i mean oil is a lubricant - if you take all that oil out from the earth's crust - it's no longer going to slide easily ...

thank bush and his deregulations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQq1RINZUnM

haffajappa

Pepe Silvia wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i will assume this was an accident ... the question ultimately was the rig properly regulated and inspected ... not likely but that could be said of countless projects everywhere ... many industries are ticking time bombs when it comes to the potential for disaster ...

in any case - i attribute partially the recent rash of earthquakes to drilling ... i mean oil is a lubricant - if you take all that oil out from the earth's crust - it's no longer going to slide easily ...

thank bush and his deregulations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQq1RINZUnM

MOTHER...FUCKERS.... :shock: :shock: :shock:

adropinthepark

haffajappa wrote:

Pepe Silvia wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i will assume this was an accident ... the question ultimately was the rig properly regulated and inspected ... not likely but that could be said of countless projects everywhere ... many industries are ticking time bombs when it comes to the potential for disaster ...

in any case - i attribute partially the recent rash of earthquakes to drilling ... i mean oil is a lubricant - if you take all that oil out from the earth's crust - it's no longer going to slide easily ...

thank bush and his deregulations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQq1RINZUnM

MOTHER...FUCKERS.... :shock: :shock: :shock:

+1

This is the kind of thing that leaves me feeling wholly misanthropic. I want to see BP using ALL of its profits towards the cleanup until the area is restored, so basically forever.

polaris_x

but does the public care?

Jeanwah

polaris_x wrote:

but does the public care?

I bet the public in the states of LA, AL, and FL certainly care!

haffajappa

Jeanwah wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

but does the public care?

I bet the public in the states of LA, AL, and FL certainly care!

I know it sounds harsh or bad, but it almost makes it better that whole industries are being affected... if it was solely and environmental issue I don't think the public would care as much - but now that their jobs are being affected they'll be active in the situation

norm

it was an act of god

phew! that's a relief...i thought for sure it was just greedy oil companies...thanks for straightening us out rick

:roll:

OnTheEdge

What they fail to mention is that on the news when this first happened they did cover the remote switch option and in this circumstance the remote switch wouldn't have helped any due to the circumstances. But I really wouldn't expect it from Ed. Not saying they shouldn't have to use the switches but........well, I figured this would be G.W's fault sooner or later.

haffajappa

norm wrote:

it was an act of god

phew! that's a relief...i thought for sure it was just greedy oil companies...thanks for straightening us out rick

:roll:

Thats what I mean when people use religion as an excuse. I HATE THAT!
"It was an act of god therefore we don't have to take responsibility for our actions"

To that I say, to the religious people, if it was an "Act of God" - maybe He was warning you?

Pepe Silvia

Jeanwah wrote:

norm wrote:

"Every a-hole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty" -- Bill Maher

This spill happened 1 week ago. They have had one week to do something about it, yet only got moving once it came near shore. They never ignited it, like they talked about, while it was out way off-shore. I've been watching this story as every one else for an entire week, but it was not big news until now. Who the fuck is in charge here?? The Coast Guard failed when they confirmed there was no leak shortly before the leak happened so who's fault is it and where are all the oil fans when it needs to be cleaned up??

Where the Hell is Palin now? Spill Baby Spill.

If there was ever a reason to switch to renewables on a national scale, the time would be now, with the coupling of this oil spill and the Massey Coal mine deaths and the corruption following it.

welcome to corporate influence in the us.

how many weeks did it take them to stop that nuclear power plant in vermont from leaking and making the water table almost as toxic as straight reactor water?

Pepe Silvia

KDH12 wrote:

I have no idea about the process of extracting oil but....

isn't it common to have explosions and fires at land based wells?

why wouldn't it be any different for offshore wells?

just wondering

like in there will be blood (or the book it was based on, oil) ?

Pepe Silvia

TravisTheSky wrote:

he still stands wrote:

YOU demand it (so do I). We must change our behavior soon or we will be kicked off of "Pandora." The blame is on all of us.

OR: This oil spill will be used by the Mass Media to make everyone feel that way. Then people will be more accepting of huge sin taxes/carbon taxes on fuel, electricity, etc. We The People will have less money, therefore less power. And the Banksters will have even more!

Mustn't let any tragedy go to waste!

maybe instead of more taxes we should cut some of the corporate welfare or demand if you are an american company or politician receiving government contracts or tax dollars pay their salary to pay taxes. companies like halliburton that make billions and some US politicians pay NO us taxes while being paid with tax payer money

mikepegg44

I cannot wait for the day when renewable resources are the only fuel used. Things like this make me sick. To think that simply to make a car drive we have the ability to destroy a giant body of water is disturbing. For as long as companies say they have been working on renewable resources, you would think we would be beaming places by now.
Good luck to everyone down there, hopefully you guys come out of this mess ok. And BP better be writing a HUGE check for this.