Sammie said:
Mad Dawg, I didn't say stop all drilling,
I didn’t say you did. I was asking a question.
nor did I say anything sanctimoniously.
I never said that you did. Please note that in my previous post I used the preposition “they”, not “you.”I do all I can not to use more energy than our family needs to, and I know many in this country do too. I think oil will be in use for quite a few years yet. I agree.
On the other hand if the Oil companies have profits in the Billions of dollars every quarter, skimp on safety, rush their employees....which winds up killing employees and ruining our environment, then some breaks need to be applied with all urgency.....especially when drilling in the deep seas.
Are you saying that all oil companies do this?
It is obvious they were totally unprepared for this disaster.
Unequivocally true. As an engineer, I have performed many Failure Mode Effect and Analysis’s. I find it amazing that everyone, in industry and government, act as if it had never occurred to them that this could happen.
I would also say after last nights 60 minutes program…
Given CBS’s history rigging pick-ups to explode and forging documents for political purposes, I don’t believe much that they say. I will wait for the official reports to come out.
It has been reported the oil has entered the Loop current....frightening news! Oil will be pulled in over Coral reefs, through the Keys and on up the East Coast as far as North Carolina.....the environmental devastation hasn't even begun, and the ultimate ruin of precious coast line, people's ability to make a living, property values......it goes on and on.
I do not doubt that this is going to have grave and long lasting effects on the environment. BP must be held responsible for the mess. I am very concerned about the wildlife there. Also, shrimp fishers have been living on the edge for quite some time now. BP should be held responsible for the effect of this on the fishermen’s and others’ livelihoods.
Sammie, I don’t think that you and I are that far appart on this. My beef is with people who think that there is some conspiracy to deliberatly defile the earth and blame all oil companies for what is a singular incident. Yes, we should do what we can to ensure that it remains singular. One person even wants to blame Dick Cheney for the BP spill.
Yet, despite all their belly-acheing about the oil companies, they continue to support them with their patronage. That is like my getting in people’s faces they should be vegatarian, and when I am caught at Burger King I rationalize it as “I only eat two burgers a week, at least it isn’t three!”
If someone wants to live a life free of oil, it really isn’t that hard to do so. Tens of thousands from Missouri to New York already do so. Granted, if millions decided tomorrow to do so, there would be chaos.
