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Gulf of Mexico spill may hit coast this weekend

Or the Space Shuttle.

I guess if we were to shut down everything that has ever caused harm in our society, this would be a perfect world..... And NJL would be a happy camper. :roll:

They should have had a contingency plan for an accident like this.
 
Such as ... ?
The best contingency plans don't work against a catastrophic rig explosion, of course, most of us in the oil states know that. That never stops people from playing monday morning quarterback though.
 
They should have had a contingency plan for an accident like this.

They DO have a contingency plan, one that has been in place for decades. Find someone to point a finger at.
 
It would be interesting if later we find out this was caused by the Earth Liberation Front...after they blew up the drilling platform and it ironically caused a huge environmental disaster.
 
It would be interesting if later we find out this was caused by the Earth Liberation Front...after they blew up the drilling platform and it ironically caused a huge environmental disaster.

ok yeh !, sure, all right, yup,....
 
Just recently the Idiot of the Igloo Clan ---said
“Let’s drill, baby, drill, not stall, baby, stall,” she said, reprising one of her lines from the 2008 campaign. "

"Speaking to more than 3,000 activists, Palin criticized the Obama administration’s handling of national security, government spending and energy policy. She said the president’s recently announced plan for added offshore oil and gas drilling is insufficient to address energy needs. "
 
“If this doesn't give somebody pause, there's something wrong.” — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist¹

“The explosion, ensuing fire, and continuing spill raise serious concerns about the industry's claims that their operations and technology are safe enough to put rigs in areas that are environmentally sensitive or are critical to tourism or fishing industries.” — statement signed by Senators Bill Nelson, Frank R. Lautenberg, Robert Menendez²

Well, that kind of sucks. To the East Coast, welcome to the shape of things to come.³

98% of the oil will be burned away.

Oil comes from the Earth and the Earth will clean itself.

We need oil, therefore this little mishap...probably caused by human error...is trivial.

This is a media event, and much ado...



This stuff should have come from BP's PR department, not the great thinkers on this thread.

Anyway, here comes the next federal bailout, for BP and their mess. Not even an American company this time. Will BP be back-charged for the full amount of the bailout?

Exxon's cost was $1.28 billion for the Valdez, one fifth of their yearly revenue at the time. BP's revenue in 2009 was $239 billion. I want them to pay at least $50 billion for this mess. If they pass the cost along, that's okay, it reflects part of the cost of burning oil.



Exxon Valdez
BP's key facts and figures
 
If that oil gets to the Louisiana coast and causes ANY kind of damages to the fishing industry, soon we'll see even southern Repubs campaigning against offshore drilling.

This accident is basically the nail in the coffin of the future of any offshore drilling in our near future. That rig is now spilling over 200,000 gallons of crude a day! They have not been very successful at burning much of this stuff off.

RIP Offshore Drilling. A really bad idea to begin with. It does nothing for us.
 
As an offsshore petroleum engineer I can tell you it will not be under control any time soon. To set up to drill in to the runaway needs another rig to be moved in to the area and then there is the time required to locate and start the horizontal/angular drilling process. The blow out prvenetor failed to do its job. This could easily become the single greatest ecological disater in American history. The burnoff will leave thousands of tons of solid waste in the Gulf waters and will have to be removed as well. Wish them well they wil need it.

This is now leaking from 3 points. It's surface oil slick is 120 miles long. As you said, they now say this may not be stopped for weeks or months. Up to six months is not out of the question! AND, it could be a worse disaster than the Exxon Valdez! With summer coming this is bad in so many ways for the southern coast. This sucks!

If anyone has BP Oil stock, this would be a good time to unload it.

Check this out:
Oil spill could be disaster for animals, experts say - CNN.com
 
If that oil gets to the Louisiana coast and causes ANY kind of damages to the fishing industry, soon we'll see even southern Repubs campaigning against offshore drilling.

This accident is basically the nail in the coffin of the future of any offshore drilling in our near future. That rig is now spilling over 200,000 gallons of crude a day! They have not been very successful at burning much of this stuff off.

RIP Offshore Drilling. A really bad idea to begin with. It does nothing for us.

Just recently the Idiot of the Igloo Clan ---said

Quote:
“Let’s drill, baby, drill, not stall, baby, stall,” she said, reprising one of her lines from the 2008 campaign. "

Why I am posting the Igloo Idiot's words is that she loves to hear herself run her ignorant mouth saying sound bites and worse yet her supporters consume that crap as if it was good wine.

Why haven't we heard heard from Joe The plumber it's a wonder that bufoon hasn't said anything about how easy he could have fixed the leak with his monkey wrench.

Or maybe he was referring to Palin - the monkey wench !!
 
Just recently the Idiot of the Igloo Clan ---

Idiot of the Igloo Clan

I love it! :lol:

Can we just refer to her as "IIC"? (ICK!) This gives you the same nails-on-chalk-board feeling that her words and voice sound like! :lol:
 
“An estimated 5,000 barrels a day of oil are flowing from the well, and officials said it could take up to 90 days to cap it, making for volumes that could exceed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska and a 1969 accident in Santa Barbara, Calif.” — The Wall Street Journal

:shock:
 
“An estimated 5,000 barrels a day of oil are flowing from the well, and officials said it could take up to 90 days to cap it, making for volumes that could exceed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska and a 1969 accident in Santa Barbara, Calif.” — The Wall Street Journal

:shock:

So?


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If that oil gets to the Louisiana coast and causes ANY kind of damages to the fishing industry, soon we'll see even southern Repubs campaigning against offshore drilling.

This accident is basically the nail in the coffin of the future of any offshore drilling in our near future. That rig is now spilling over 200,000 gallons of crude a day! They have not been very successful at burning much of this stuff off.

RIP Offshore Drilling. A really bad idea to begin with. It does nothing for us.
200,000 gallons of oil a day does nothing for us? Are you serious??

Brilliant.

So what do we do about the other ~1400 rigs in the Gulf that haven't had an accident? Yeah, let's go ahead and shut them off, spike the price of oil overnight, and become even more beholden to our great friends like Hugo Chavez.

****ing brilliant idea, champ. :roll:
 
200,000 gallons of oil a day does nothing for us? Are you serious??

Brilliant.

So what do we do about the other ~1400 rigs in the Gulf that haven't had an accident? Yeah, let's go ahead and shut them off, spike the price of oil overnight, and become even more beholden to our great friends like Hugo Chavez.

****ing brilliant idea, champ. :roll:

Somewhere in America, there was a car accident...quick let's get rid of all cars!!!
 
So, one accident in several decades, from one oil rig among thousands, and "this is the shape of things to come"?

Too bad the people determined to prevent US energy independence don't waste any effort thiking things through.

How old was that rig? How old will the oil rigs built in future be? (Brand new.)

What safety rule was broken to cause the explosion? You can guarantee that some rule was broken, either in maintenance, inspection, or operations, and you can't argue convincingly that corners were cut because god knows the men working on the damn rig are 100% aware of the fact that they're maybe hundreds of miles from land, they're working with flammable liquids and explosive gases, and it's their asses that get crisped. So there's not likely to be any significant flaw in the rules, someone goofed somewhere.

Is an act of Congress required to shut down an entire industry whenever a single person makes a mistake regarding circumstances already covered by law and regulation and corporate policies? (no, of course not)

Is American energy independence more important than hysterical fears about unlikely accidents? (yes, of course)

Is defunding terrorist and socialist and inimical nations more important than hysterical fears about unlikely accidents? (yes, of course)

And people are biting their nails that someone might burn the oil spill before it becomes so dispersed it can't burn and there's nothing left to do but get out the dish soap to wash the egrets?

You forgot one question.

Does the need to drill offshore out weigh any enviormental impact no mater how serious?

I am conservative, and as a conservative and an outdoorsman this really pisses me off. I fish the lousiana coast for redfish. That area contains 40% of North Americas wetlands. Wetlands that are a critical part of the central flyway for millions of waterfowl.

They are saying this leak could take 90+ days to stop. There are 42 US gallons in a barrel. At a rate of 5,000 barrels a day or 210,000 gallons thats 18,900,000 gallons of crude oil leaking almost a mile beneath the surface 50 miles offshore. That oil will spread to where the currents and wind take it.

I find your attempt to minimalize this tragedy to be disgusting. How can anyone not see the seriousness of this situation. We are talking about a coastal ecosystem that is allready in trouble. Part of the reason Katrina was so bad is because the marshes are disapearing.
 
hey guys no problem the Coast Guard is thinking of burning the slick !!!
Wow that will be the biggest napalm demonstration since Khe San !!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEO!!!!


So will the Palin Pukes chant BURN BABY BURN !!!!!!!! ?? ?

Its more like spill baby spill.....
 
Somewhere in America, there was a car accident...quick let's get rid of all cars!!!
I think I know who was in that car accident, too. That person obviously suffered serious head trama.

One failure out of 1400 is what ... 0.07%? Yeah, let's scrap the whole deal. Obviously that's too dangerous. :roll:
 
I think I know who was in that car accident, too. That person obviously suffered serious head trama.

One failure out of 1400 is what ... 0.07%? Yeah, let's scrap the whole deal. Obviously that's too dangerous. :roll:

If we applied Liberal logic to other things, then if we have to stop drilling over one bad rig, then x170 do we need to not only remove Obama'Care but criminalize any help from a doctor.
 
If we applied Liberal logic to other things, then if we have to stop drilling over one bad rig, then x170 do we need to not only remove Obama'Care but criminalize any help from a doctor.

I wonder how many conservatives live on the gulf coast who's livelyhood and way of life is being threatend by this leak. Look I don't think we should stop drilling offshore but we have got to take this incident seriously. They have got to make sure that if an accident like this takes place in the future that there is a way to stop the leak. Right now the plan thay have is going to take to long and could ruin areas of the gulf coast from Texas to Florida And what of the shrimp, and fishing industry? Do conservatives care about sport fishing and waterfowl hunting. What about the tourism industry? Closing down beaches for who knows how long.

This is not a Conservative or liberal issue. Its a tragedy for all of us.

And what's the posibility that more oil is leaking than they are letting on?
 
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I wonder how many conservatives live on the gulf coast who's livelyhood and way of life is being threatend by this leak. Look I don't think we should stop drilling offshore but we have got to take this incident seriously. They have got to make sure that if an accident like this takes place in the future that there is a way to stop the leak. Right now the plan thay have is going to take to long and could ruin areas of the gulf coast from Texas to Florida And what of the shrimp, and fishing industry? Do conservatives care about sport fishing and waterfowl hunting. What about the tourism industry? Closing down beaches for who knows how long.

This is not a Conservative or liberal issue. Its a tragedy for all of us.

And what's the posibility that more oil is leaking than they are letting on?
It's going to take time because of the flow, but the last report I heard was 2-3 weeks, still not good but will be better than earlier projections. The current plan is to divert the pressure with a directional drill, sounds like a good fix. There will obviously be some damage but I think that we all have to wait and see the extent after the gusher is contained.
 
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