this is what you need to know about oil spills ...
oil spills are caused primarily because of one thing and one thing only ... the companies in charge do not care ... there is plenty of technology and understanding to prevent oil spills like this from a pipeline but a company has to spend ... oil companies do not spend because it cuts into their profits and when oil spills happen - they can write off the losses and any penalties they may incur ... remember, despite the law saying oil tankers had to be double hulled and equipped with proper sonar ... exxon valdez was not simply because exxon did not want to spend the money to make it safe and the consequences would not hurt the company financially enough to warrant those expenditures ...
oil companies operate for profit and profit only ... they will do whatever is necessary to maximize said profit ... combine that with control of the US and Canadian gov'ts and the result is poor policy and horrible outcomes ...
you don't have to be a frickin' scientist to figure this out ... frig ... we chlorinate the shit out of public swimming pools for "safety" ... yet, apparently ... all this runoff is fine ... morons ...
0
brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,388
You would think the news of these oil spills would help to secure the rejection of Keystone XL but they haven't. The news I read about this subject is depressing. I don't like writing this or hearing myself think it, but I'm not feeling very optimistic about this issue. Just have to keep those calls and letters going, spread the word about how bad an idea KXL is and hope for the best.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Comments
this is what you need to know about oil spills ...
oil spills are caused primarily because of one thing and one thing only ... the companies in charge do not care ... there is plenty of technology and understanding to prevent oil spills like this from a pipeline but a company has to spend ... oil companies do not spend because it cuts into their profits and when oil spills happen - they can write off the losses and any penalties they may incur ... remember, despite the law saying oil tankers had to be double hulled and equipped with proper sonar ... exxon valdez was not simply because exxon did not want to spend the money to make it safe and the consequences would not hurt the company financially enough to warrant those expenditures ...
oil companies operate for profit and profit only ... they will do whatever is necessary to maximize said profit ... combine that with control of the US and Canadian gov'ts and the result is poor policy and horrible outcomes ...
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
you don't have to be a frickin' scientist to figure this out ... frig ... we chlorinate the shit out of public swimming pools for "safety" ... yet, apparently ... all this runoff is fine ... morons ...
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"