BP oil disaster: Who made it that way?
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From: Tegger on 27 Jun 2010 21:57 "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in news:dKOdnX_Yc6X13brRnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message >> >> You're aware that the US government /actively/ solicited bids for >> drilling in the depwater Outer Continental Shelf? And you're >> aware that BP was one of the successful bidders? > > Why shouldnt BP have been one of them? They are one of the large > and previously well respected global companies. > > We really have no system for oversight.. At least nothing workable. > You never read the entire original article. That is certain. Either that, or your reading comprehension is extremely poor. Here's the link again. It might pay for you to print out the whole article and read the paper copy. <http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/25/lawrence-solomon-avertible-catastrophe/> -- Tegger
From: hls on 28 Jun 2010 07:52 "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9DA4DF5F91AAAtegger(a)208.90.168.18... > "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in > news:dKOdnX_Yc6X13brRnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > >> >> "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message >>> >>> You're aware that the US government /actively/ solicited bids for >>> drilling in the depwater Outer Continental Shelf? And you're >>> aware that BP was one of the successful bidders? >> >> Why shouldnt BP have been one of them? They are one of the large >> and previously well respected global companies. >> >> We really have no system for oversight.. At least nothing workable. >> > > > You never read the entire original article. That is certain. Either that, > or your reading comprehension is extremely poor. > > Here's the link again. It might pay for you to print out the > whole article and read the paper copy. > Tegger My comments still stand. I did not comment on the Eurpean systems for oil recovery intentionally. I have personally never seen them deployed and functioning. My comments have to do with the problems that lead to this disaster in the first place. Maybe you have a hard time understanding.
From: Tegger on 28 Jun 2010 09:03 "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in news:ecSdnVOAhPCEELXRnZ2dnUVZ_oidnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > > My comments have to do with the problems that lead to this disaster in > the first place. What led to the /event itself/ is unremarkable. Leaks into ocean waters from oil wells are more common than you might think. This is why Holland--and at least eleven other nations--have marine fleets that are built specifically to clean up those spills, along with skilled cerwmen trained to quickly deal with such spills before they spread and reach land. What turned the "event" into a /disaster/ is US government policy. If you had read the article, you would understand that. > > Maybe you have a hard time understanding. > > You really should read that article. To briefly summarize it in case you still wish not to read it: 1) The Dutch repeatedly offered their equipment and men--at no charge. 2) US environment law precluded the use of that equipment because it didn't make the water "clean" enough. 3) Dutch marine-based earth-moving equipment was disallowed from being used to quickly build sand-dikes on shore, because US labor unions wanted /their/ people to operate it instead of the Dutch. The delays and inaction resulting from US policy resulted in the /disaster/, not the spill itself. The very same government stupidity led to the Exxon Valdez /disaster/ as well. -- Tegger
From: Tegger on 28 Jun 2010 09:08 "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in news:r-udnfAtAood9brRnZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > > "jim" <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote in message news:Eaudnf- >> You and Pallin have raised self contradictions to a new level. So >> which is it... are you for off shore drilling or against? Are you for >> limiting torts or are you against Tort limits? Or is it a new day and >> you haven't picked which way to flip flop yet? > > BP made the mess, No, ultimately, Lisa Jackson made the mess. She failed to override stupid US-government environmental policy in order to allow Dutch vessels and men to quickly clean up the spill before it spread and hit land. The Dutch /repeatedly/ offered their equipment at no charge, and were repeatedly told, "Thanks, but no thanks". > and they should pay for it. Obama and Jackson deliberately allowed this matter to turn into the disaster that it's become. They did this by failing to override the unions and US environmental policies so as to get the oil cleaned up quickly, and to get sand-berms built quickly. -- Tegger
From: Tegger on 28 Jun 2010 09:24
"hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in news:r-udnfAtAood9brRnZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > > "jim" <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote in message news:Eaudnf- >> You and Pallin have raised self contradictions to a new level. So >> which is it... are you for off shore drilling or against? Are you for >> limiting torts or are you against Tort limits? Or is it a new day and >> you haven't picked which way to flip flop yet? > > BP made the mess, Actually, we don't even know that yet. /Nobody/ yet knows exactly what went on down there. -- Tegger |