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lukin2006
lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
edited November 2011 in A Moving Train
BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... cury_N.htm
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    edited November 2011
    Urgh! This really is disgusting. Bad news for one of our wonder great lakes.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Those jerks.

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    They make the best fuel.
    I refill my car with their Ultimate fuel which is 98 octane and cleans/protects your engine.
    Also great power and mileage. 8-)
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    They make the best fuel.
    I refill my car with their Ultimate fuel which is 98 octane and cleans/protects your engine.
    Also great power and mileage. 8-)
    As good as burning my credit card for fuel in a Thrasher?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    They make the best fuel.
    I refill my car with their Ultimate fuel which is 98 octane and cleans/protects your engine.
    Also great power and mileage. 8-)
    As good as burning my credit card for fuel in a Thrasher?

    No idea.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    They make the best fuel.
    I refill my car with their Ultimate fuel which is 98 octane and cleans/protects your engine.
    Also great power and mileage. 8-)


    BP suck. Making good fuel does not give them a free pass to wreck the environment. Our home is worth more than any car.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,464
    this is obama for you.....you would think he would have learned when bp dumped hundreds of tons of oil out into the gulf and he was about to be impeached for doing nothing....
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,814
    I'm amazed that state reg would trump a federal reg. I guess because theres still time before its fully enforced?
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    just another example of why the occupy movement should be supported ..
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,814
    polaris_x wrote:
    just another example of why the occupy movement should be supported ..
    Whats your take on a State allowing this.
    Seeing how its a shared body of water, its in your guys interest too.
    I also wonder what the reaction is to this from the other states that border lake mich.

    I just know that when its airborne theres a complete freak out about it , but in a body of water the damage is supposed to be negligible?
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Whats your take on a State allowing this.
    Seeing how its a shared body of water, its in your guys interest too.
    I also wonder what the reaction is to this from the other states that border lake mich.

    I just know that when its airborne theres a complete freak out about it , but in a body of water the damage is supposed to be negligible?

    my take is that this is consistent with a corporatized form of gov't ... where the interests of the corporations supersede those of the people ...

    the reaction will be a cursory objection that will result in court filings that make a bunch of laywers rich while ultimately nothing gets done ...

    we've been shitting in our water bodies everywhere ... it's part of the overall problem ... people wonder why cancer rates and pretty much all illnesses are up ... well ... like most environmental issues - it may not be directly related to this but its part of it ...
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    polaris_x wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Whats your take on a State allowing this.
    Seeing how its a shared body of water, its in your guys interest too.
    I also wonder what the reaction is to this from the other states that border lake mich.

    I just know that when its airborne theres a complete freak out about it , but in a body of water the damage is supposed to be negligible?

    my take is that this is consistent with a corporatized form of gov't ... where the interests of the corporations supersede those of the people ...

    the reaction will be a cursory objection that will result in court filings that make a bunch of laywers rich while ultimately nothing gets done ...

    we've been shitting in our water bodies everywhere ... it's part of the overall problem ... people wonder why cancer rates and pretty much all illnesses are up ... well ... like most environmental issues - it may not be directly related to this but its part of it ...

    what I want to know is what is the solution?
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    lukin2006 wrote:
    what I want to know is what is the solution?

    one word: REVOLUTION

    although the movement is disjointed and unorganized and there are many factions at play ... the premise of it is what is critical ...

    the game is rigged and we the people are getting screwed ...
  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    Its bad whatever year it is but this article is from 2007.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Doesn't matter to me what year it is...it's bad that it is being done...and is still happening.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,622
    The recommendation is that you should only eat one fish per month out of the Great Lakes because of the mercury. I one up it and make it zero per month.
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Agree...I don't eat fish out of the great lakes...
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Go Beavers wrote:
    The recommendation is that you should only eat one fish per month out of the Great Lakes because of the mercury. I one up it and make it zero per month.

    fuck ... is that true!?? ... i like my lake huron whitefish and ontario rainbow trout ... :(
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Go Beavers wrote:
    The recommendation is that you should only eat one fish per month out of the Great Lakes because of the mercury. I one up it and make it zero per month.
    As someone who fishes the great lakes, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE! Especially during salmon runs, where it is most imperative that you stay home. Tell all your neighbors and friends!

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Seems to me I'd once heard that some of the Great Lakes nearly died. It's a shame we're not doing more to clean them up rather than further pollute them. Do we have to wait 'till they burn like the Cuyahoga?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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