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US bans offshore drilling as Deepwater Horizon slick hits land

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US bans offshore drilling as Deepwater Horizon slick hits land - Times Online

The US today banned all new offshore drilling as crude oil from the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig began lapping at the shores of sensitive marshland at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Speaking on US television, David Axelrod, a White House senior adviser, declared that no company would be allowed to proceed with exploration in new areas off the US coast until an investigation into the cause of the disaster had been completed.

He said: “No additional drilling has been authorised and none will until we find out what happened ... and whether there was something unique and preventable here.”

I strongly support off-shore drilling, but I think this is a good idea. If we are going to do it, we should do it as safely as possible.
 
Predictable. Great way for The Obama to get back in the good graces of the green weenie lobby. I bet Chavez and King Abdullah are laughing their asses off right now ...
 
I strongly support off-shore drilling, but I think this is a good idea. If we are going to do it, we should do it as safely as possible.

This is a prudent move. It shows intelligence has returned to the White House.
 
This is a good move. All rigs should have those auto cut offs and it will need to be researched.
 
Predictable. Great way for The Obama to get back in the good graces of the green weenie lobby. I bet Chavez and King Abdullah are laughing their asses off right now ...

When even conservatives are calling this a prudent move, maybe you think about the kneejerk partisanism you're displaying.

There's obviously a serious risk in the current design. They can, under the right circumstances, turn into a massive inferno and spill oil all over the place. We need to investigate the flaw and correct it. We wouldn'in t tolerate potential risk this large in an airliner or nuclear power plant, we shouldn't tolerate it in an oil rig.
 
Meanwhile, Russia and China, even Angola, will continue to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Meanwhile, Russia and China, even Angola, will continue to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.

And given the potential for billions of dollars in lost revenue, they'd be wise to look into safety additions themselves.
 
Meanwhile, Russia and China, even Angola, will continue to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.

They may or may not design their rigs in a way to make them explode.

Besides, we haven't stopped drilling.
 
When even conservatives are calling this a prudent move, maybe you think about the kneejerk partisanism you're displaying.
This has nothing to do with partisanship for me. This has everything to do with the ability of the US to assert it's own sovereignty over our energy supply. Frankly I don't give a **** what conservatives, liberals, or anyone else has to say on the subject. I'm quite adept at thinking for myself, so that's what I'll do.
There's obviously a serious risk in the current design. They can, under the right circumstances, turn into a massive inferno and spill oil all over the place. We need to investigate the flaw and correct it. We wouldn'in t tolerate potential risk this large in an airliner or nuclear power plant, we shouldn't tolerate it in an oil rig.
And another expert weighs in. :roll:

Yes, we need to investigate. I never suggested otherwise. But what does Deepwater Horizon have to do with exploration? Nothing. So why is exploration being shut down?
 
Meanwhile, Russia and China, even Angola, will continue to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.

If what you are posting is correct, then this is just wrong.

Do you have a link for me?
 
This was a very old rig, nothing compared to what we build today.

Does this lead you to believe that the administration is being too cautious or perhaps there is an ulterior motive, such as environmentalism?
 
I did a double take and then saw that the key word here ia "l new " as in not already there and working, new.
 
Does this lead you to believe that the administration is being too cautious or perhaps there is an ulterior motive, such as environmentalism?

I think that you are right oil sticks don't really exist and that fool Al Gore just made it up to destroy the free world economies....
 

Unfortunantly, we don't own the whole of the Gulf of Mexico and no matter what we do, Cuba can hire who they want to drill their waters. But let's not pretend that if the US momentarily puts the breaks on offshore drilling we're gonna have a bunch chinese roughnecks cruising Bourbon Street at shift change.

That link clearly states that the foriegners are working for Cuba, not us. And they will be working for them no matter what we do. Why? Perhaps because the US doesn't wanna work with Cuba?

Cuba's gotta do what Cuba's gotta do.
 
We can smell it. This is going to be horrible. :(
 
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